Scotland: 1959 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 1959 general election: Labour won 38 of 71 seats with 46.7% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 38 | +4 | 1,245,273 | 46.7% | 0 | |
| Conservative | 31 | −5 | 1,260,287 | 47.3% | −2.8 | |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 108,963 | 4.1% | +2.2 | |
| Others | 1 | +1 | 31,270 | 1.2% | +0.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | 0 | 0 | 21,738 | 0.8% | +0.3 |
Change compared with the 1955 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 17,656 | 34.7 | 76.7% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 8,122 | 17.1 | 81.6% | Con hold |
| Argyll | Con | 9,243 | 32.5 | 71.0% | Con hold |
| Ayr | Con | 3,356 | 9.3 | 79.1% | Con hold |
| Banff | Con | 8,367 | 41.1 | 63.3% | Con hold |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Con | 2,850 | 6.8 | 83.2% | Con hold |
| Bothwell | Lab | 4,352 | 9.5 | 82.2% | Lab hold |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | 8,052 | 24.8 | 73.4% | Con hold |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Oth | 5,725 | 30.8 | 69.6% | Oth gain from Con |
| Central Ayrshire | Lab | 1,676 | 4.0 | 86.7% | Lab gain from Con |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | 7,872 | 18.7 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 794 | 1.8 | 84.0% | Lab hold |
| Dumfries | Con | 7,430 | 16.8 | 77.4% | Con hold |
| Dundee East | Lab | 4,181 | 8.7 | 82.6% | Lab hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 714 | 1.4 | 82.9% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Lab | 8,734 | 22.9 | 80.1% | Lab hold |
| East Aberdeenshire | Con | 8,002 | 26.7 | 67.1% | Con hold |
| East Dunbartonshire | Lab | 3,389 | 6.2 | 84.2% | Lab hold |
| East Fife | Con | 15,164 | 39.9 | 75.2% | Con hold |
| East Renfrewshire | Con | 15,093 | 29.8 | 82.9% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 617 | 2.0 | 72.7% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 312 | 0.7 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 3,074 | 9.7 | 79.5% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 8,756 | 28.0 | 73.9% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 8,792 | 20.6 | 80.3% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 11,514 | 29.1 | 81.2% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 11,932 | 26.0 | 80.3% | Con hold |
| Galloway | Con | 9,042 | 32.9 | 75.6% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | 8,909 | 26.8 | 68.5% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 9,574 | 18.4 | 80.2% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 7,206 | 29.3 | 67.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | 602 | 1.6 | 82.7% | Lab gain from Con |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | 10,659 | 32.6 | 68.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 9,820 | 25.6 | 75.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 10,777 | 36.6 | 77.1% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Con | 1,101 | 4.5 | 70.9% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 9,582 | 28.0 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Con | 7,266 | 17.6 | 78.9% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | 4,367 | 11.2 | 78.8% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Lab | 3,370 | 7.3 | 81.8% | Lab gain from Con |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 8,173 | 21.7 | 75.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 6,130 | 22.1 | 72.6% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Woodside | Con | 2,084 | 6.2 | 75.2% | Con hold |
| Greenock | Lab | 9,082 | 23.8 | 78.9% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton | Lab | 15,913 | 38.3 | 79.9% | Lab hold |
| Inverness | Con | 4,075 | 11.5 | 71.6% | Con hold |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | 10,292 | 25.4 | 82.4% | Lab hold |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 12,248 | 51.4 | 71.0% | Con hold |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | 11,242 | 25.8 | 80.5% | Lab hold |
| Lanark | Lab | 540 | 1.1 | 87.2% | Lab gain from Con |
| Midlothian | Lab | 9,660 | 20.4 | 81.3% | Lab hold |
| Moray and Nairn | Con | 7,203 | 27.6 | 73.6% | Con hold |
| Motherwell | Lab | 4,396 | 10.7 | 81.1% | Lab hold |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | 9,050 | 34.8 | 71.3% | Con hold |
| North Lanarkshire | Lab | 6,269 | 17.4 | 82.8% | Lab hold |
| Orkney and Zetland | Lib | 8,612 | 45.7 | 71.3% | Lib hold |
| Paisley | Lab | 7,269 | 14.6 | 78.9% | Lab hold |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | 14,580 | 35.0 | 75.6% | Con hold |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | 2,998 | 18.1 | 65.3% | Con hold |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Con | 9,513 | 21.4 | 80.0% | Con hold |
| Rutherglen | Con | 1,522 | 4.1 | 85.8% | Con hold |
| South Angus | Con | 11,296 | 33.2 | 75.9% | Con hold |
| South Ayrshire | Lab | 10,669 | 27.4 | 80.9% | Lab hold |
| Stirling and Falkirk | Lab | 2,626 | 5.8 | 81.1% | Lab hold |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | 12,395 | 37.0 | 72.1% | Con hold |
| West Dunbartonshire | Lab | 2,141 | 5.1 | 83.7% | Lab hold |
| West Fife | Lab | 14,297 | 31.4 | 81.3% | Lab hold |
| West Lothian | Lab | 9,371 | 20.6 | 77.9% | Lab hold |
| West Renfrewshire | Con | 2,753 | 7.0 | 82.6% | Con hold |
| West Stirlingshire | Lab | 5,511 | 15.1 | 83.6% | Lab hold |
| Western Isles | Lab | 1,167 | 7.2 | 64.2% | Lab hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 1959 general election?
Labour won 38 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 46.7% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 1959?
71 constituencies.
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