Scotland: 1970 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 1970 general election: Labour won 44 of 71 seats with 44.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 44 | −2 | 1,197,068 | 44.5% | −5.4 | |
| Conservative | 23 | +3 | 1,020,674 | 38.0% | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | 3 | −2 | 147,667 | 5.5% | −1.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1 | +1 | 306,802 | 11.4% | +6.4 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 16,024 | 0.6% | −0.1 |
Change compared with the 1966 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 17,900 | 40.1 | 69.9% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 1,089 | 2.1 | 77.2% | Con gain from Lab |
| Argyll | Con | 4,482 | 14.8 | 74.3% | Con hold |
| Ayr | Con | 4,450 | 10.6 | 81.6% | Con hold |
| Banff | Con | 3,451 | 15.8 | 68.9% | Con hold |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Lab | 641 | 1.4 | 83.7% | Lab hold |
| Bothwell | Lab | 10,711 | 22.2 | 75.3% | Lab hold |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | 6,394 | 18.2 | 73.6% | Con hold |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Lab | 2,705 | 11.3 | 83.1% | Lab hold |
| Central Ayrshire | Lab | 4,967 | 10.6 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | 10,551 | 22.6 | 75.6% | Lab hold |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 10,543 | 23.8 | 76.3% | Lab hold |
| Dumfries | Con | 9,106 | 19.6 | 76.1% | Con hold |
| Dundee East | Lab | 2,798 | 6.0 | 76.4% | Lab hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 6,822 | 13.4 | 76.7% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Lab | 9,446 | 25.0 | 74.0% | Lab hold |
| East Aberdeenshire | Con | 3,489 | 11.1 | 68.8% | Con hold |
| East Dunbartonshire | Lab | 5,555 | 7.6 | 77.6% | Lab hold |
| East Fife | Con | 11,863 | 29.9 | 74.4% | Con hold |
| East Renfrewshire | Con | 13,101 | 23.4 | 76.2% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 1,561 | 7.5 | 66.0% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 5,514 | 12.9 | 74.5% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 1,384 | 5.3 | 73.2% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 3,878 | 15.8 | 70.1% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 3,183 | 6.7 | 77.0% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 4,780 | 11.6 | 74.1% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 7,341 | 13.5 | 75.0% | Con hold |
| Galloway | Con | 8,280 | 29.7 | 72.0% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | 7,255 | 41.3 | 56.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 4,905 | 9.1 | 74.4% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 5,542 | 46.1 | 59.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | 7,211 | 19.2 | 74.9% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | 7,189 | 48.6 | 59.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 7,142 | 31.9 | 63.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 7,371 | 30.8 | 69.5% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Lab | 832 | 7.3 | 60.1% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 12,287 | 42.6 | 63.8% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Lab | 603 | 1.4 | 72.5% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | 13,983 | 32.9 | 65.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Lab | 12,005 | 26.0 | 70.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 9,871 | 33.1 | 63.5% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 10,394 | 44.6 | 61.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Woodside | Lab | 1,328 | 5.8 | 63.8% | Lab hold |
| Greenock | Lab | 3,234 | 9.0 | 75.9% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton | Lab | 8,582 | 17.9 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Inverness | Lib | 2,674 | 6.8 | 72.3% | Lib hold |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | 13,001 | 31.5 | 79.2% | Lab hold |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 9,764 | 38.8 | 74.1% | Con hold |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | 9,793 | 23.9 | 74.5% | Lab hold |
| Lanark | Lab | 2,473 | 3.7 | 79.5% | Lab hold |
| Midlothian | Lab | 12,474 | 21.4 | 75.6% | Lab hold |
| Moray and Nairn | Con | 6,109 | 21.6 | 72.1% | Con hold |
| Motherwell | Lab | 8,174 | 21.0 | 73.5% | Lab hold |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | 9,595 | 34.7 | 74.6% | Con hold |
| North Lanarkshire | Lab | 5,019 | 11.8 | 77.7% | Lab hold |
| Orkney and Zetland | Lib | 2,532 | 15.1 | 65.7% | Lib hold |
| Paisley | Lab | 10,197 | 21.7 | 71.5% | Lab hold |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | 11,888 | 28.3 | 73.6% | Con hold |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | 801 | 4.1 | 71.7% | Con gain from Lib |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Lib | 550 | 1.2 | 80.7% | Lib hold |
| Rutherglen | Lab | 3,041 | 9.0 | 79.5% | Lab hold |
| South Angus | Con | 12,030 | 33.0 | 73.9% | Con hold |
| South Ayrshire | Lab | 12,235 | 31.6 | 76.9% | Lab hold |
| Stirling and Falkirk | Lab | 7,230 | 16.0 | 73.1% | Lab hold |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | 5,549 | 14.1 | 75.8% | Con gain from Lib |
| West Dunbartonshire | Lab | 6,226 | 13.8 | 77.8% | Lab hold |
| West Fife | Lab | 17,092 | 34.9 | 74.2% | Lab hold |
| West Lothian | Lab | 13,740 | 24.8 | 76.1% | Lab hold |
| West Renfrewshire | Lab | 2,304 | 4.8 | 79.5% | Lab hold |
| West Stirlingshire | Lab | 7,419 | 19.2 | 78.9% | Lab hold |
| Western Isles | SNP | 726 | 4.8 | 64.8% | SNP gain from Lab |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 1970 general election?
Labour won 44 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 44.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 1970?
71 constituencies.
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