February 1974 general election
Scotland: February 1974 general election results
How Scotland voted at the February 1974 general election: Labour won 40 of 71 seats with 36.7% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 40 | −4 | 1,058,159 | 36.7% | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | 21 | −2 | 950,901 | 32.9% | −5.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | 7 | +6 | 632,572 | 21.9% | +10.5 | |
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | 229,099 | 7.9% | +2.5 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 16,462 | 0.6% | 0 |
Change compared with the 1970 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 11,856 | 24.4 | 75.6% | |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 3,558 | 6.4 | 82.2% | |
| Aberdeenshire East | SNP | 5,699 | 15.8 | 76.6% | |
| Aberdeenshire West | Con | 1,640 | 3.7 | 81.1% | |
| Angus North and Mearns | Con | 7,451 | 25.5 | 78.6% | |
| Angus South | Con | 5,343 | 12.9 | 79.8% | |
| Argyll | SNP | 3,288 | 10.3 | 77.3% | |
| Ayr | Con | 5,098 | 11.9 | 83.1% | |
| Ayrshire Central | Lab | 6,277 | 13.0 | 82.1% | |
| Ayrshire North and Bute | Con | 6,730 | 17.9 | 77.0% | |
| Ayrshire South | Lab | 12,450 | 30.9 | 79.5% | |
| Banffshire | SNP | 2,785 | 11.6 | 75.7% | |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Con | 540 | 1.1 | 85.8% | |
| Bothwell | Lab | 9,601 | 20.1 | 81.2% | |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Lab | 2,352 | 9.9 | 83.0% | |
| Clackmannan and Stirlingshire East | SNP | 3,610 | 7.0 | — | |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 11,783 | 25.6 | 77.8% | |
| Dumfries | Con | 8,968 | 18.2 | 80.4% | |
| Dunbartonshire Central | Lab | 6,664 | 16.4 | 83.0% | |
| Dunbartonshire East | Con | 3,676 | 7.1 | 85.0% | |
| Dunbartonshire West | Lab | 2,609 | 6.4 | 79.6% | |
| Dundee East | SNP | 2,966 | 5.8 | 81.1% | |
| Dundee West | Lab | 6,448 | 12.5 | 81.3% | |
| Dunfermline | Lab | 4,410 | 9.0 | 81.1% | |
| East Kilbride | Lab | 7,968 | 14.9 | 80.8% | |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 961 | 3.2 | 73.6% | |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 5,549 | 12.0 | 81.1% | |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 721 | 2.3 | 79.3% | |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 7,013 | 19.6 | 76.4% | |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 4,602 | 10.4 | 80.9% | |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 6,381 | 14.2 | 80.8% | |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 8,477 | 19.8 | 82.2% | |
| Fife Central | Lab | 14,094 | 30.7 | 79.2% | |
| Fife East | Con | 12,579 | 28.5 | 78.8% | |
| Galloway | Con | 4,008 | 13.2 | 77.7% | |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 2,095 | 5.3 | 80.7% | |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 5,965 | 37.2 | 63.0% | |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | 7,238 | 20.6 | 80.0% | |
| Glasgow Garscadden | Lab | 11,264 | 28.0 | 74.1% | |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 543 | 2.3 | 74.9% | |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 6,381 | 19.5 | 78.7% | |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Lab | 2,398 | 8.1 | 69.4% | |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 11,383 | 31.8 | 70.0% | |
| Glasgow Pollok | Lab | 3,406 | 7.5 | 77.5% | |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | 15,787 | 42.0 | 69.0% | |
| Glasgow Queen'S Park | Lab | 8,366 | 29.6 | 73.3% | |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 7,736 | 29.2 | 69.5% | |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 10,395 | 30.9 | 70.5% | |
| Greenock and Port Glasgow | Lab | 11,776 | 27.6 | 68.6% | |
| Hamilton | Lab | 6,378 | 16.1 | 79.7% | |
| Inverness | Lib | 5,223 | 12.0 | 76.1% | |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | 9,727 | 19.5 | 83.3% | |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 8,082 | 29.8 | 77.5% | |
| Kirkaldy | Lab | 9,382 | 19.6 | 79.4% | |
| Lanark | Lab | 2,100 | 5.2 | 84.0% | |
| Lanarkshire North | Lab | 6,784 | 15.3 | 82.7% | |
| Midlothian | Lab | 11,742 | 16.3 | 81.6% | |
| Moray and Nairn | SNP | 1,817 | 5.6 | 78.7% | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | 6,313 | 16.1 | 77.1% | |
| Orkney and Shetland | Lib | 7,305 | 39.4 | 71.1% | |
| Paisley | Lab | 8,897 | 18.1 | 75.2% | |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | 8,975 | 20.0 | 78.3% | |
| Renfrewshire East | Con | 15,486 | 30.5 | 80.7% | |
| Renfrewshire West | Lab | 2,668 | 4.8 | 82.9% | |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | 2,871 | 13.1 | 75.2% | |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Lib | 9,017 | 18.2 | 86.0% | |
| Rutherglen | Lab | 4,153 | 10.4 | 82.4% | |
| Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth | Lab | 3,849 | 7.4 | 80.8% | |
| Stirlingshire West | Lab | 4,844 | 11.2 | 82.8% | |
| West Lothian | Lab | 6,422 | 10.4 | 80.6% | |
| Western Isles | SNP | 7,200 | 47.9 | 66.3% |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the February 1974 general election?
Labour won 40 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 36.7% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in February 1974?
71 constituencies.
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