Scotland: October 1974 general election results
How Scotland voted at the October 1974 general election: Labour won 41 of 71 seats with 36.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 41 | +1 | 1,000,581 | 36.3% | −0.4 | ||
| Conservative | 16 | −5 | 681,327 | 24.7% | −8.2 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 11 | +4 | 839,617 | 30.4% | +8.5 | ||
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | 228,855 | 8.3% | +0.4 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 7,721 | 0.3% | |||||
Change compared with the February 1974 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 9,621 | 21.2 | 69.7% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 365 | 0.7 | 76.3% | Con hold |
| Argyll | SNP | 3,931 | 13.1 | 72.0% | SNP hold |
| Ayr | Con | 3,219 | 7.8 | 79.4% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire Central | Lab | 9,555 | 20.3 | 79.3% | Lab hold |
| Ayrshire South | Lab | 14,478 | 36.5 | 77.4% | Lab hold |
| Banff | SNP | 1,851 | 8.0 | 72.5% | |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Lab | 2,740 | 5.7 | 83.1% | Lab gain from Con |
| Bothwell | Lab | 10,948 | 24.1 | 76.5% | Lab hold |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | 3,506 | 10.0 | 71.3% | |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Lab | 2,560 | 11.4 | 78.1% | Lab hold |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | SNP | 7,341 | 14.3 | — | |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 10,568 | 23.7 | 74.5% | Lab hold |
| Dumfries | Con | 5,828 | 12.3 | 76.7% | Con hold |
| Dunbartonshire Central | Lab | 4,385 | 11.1 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Dunbartonshire East | SNP | 22 | 0.0 | 80.7% | SNP gain from Con |
| Dunbartonshire West | Lab | 1,814 | 4.5 | 78.3% | Lab hold |
| Dundee East | SNP | 6,983 | 15.1 | 73.4% | SNP hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 2,802 | 5.9 | 74.3% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline | Lab | 5,291 | 11.5 | 75.9% | Lab hold |
| East Aberdeenshire | SNP | 4,371 | 13.0 | 70.5% | |
| East Kilbride | Lab | 2,704 | 5.2 | 79.1% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 3,953 | 14.3 | 67.5% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 8,456 | 19.3 | 76.2% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 3,445 | 11.7 | 74.8% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 4,391 | 13.4 | 69.2% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 1,257 | 3.0 | 75.5% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 3,226 | 7.7 | 74.2% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 5,202 | 12.9 | 76.6% | Con hold |
| Fife Central | Lab | 7,986 | 18.5 | 73.9% | Lab hold |
| Fife East | Con | 2,914 | 7.0 | 73.7% | Con hold |
| Galloway | SNP | 30 | 0.1 | 77.1% | SNP gain from Con |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 1,757 | 4.6 | 76.7% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 6,441 | 44.4 | 56.9% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | 8,781 | 26.2 | 75.8% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Garscadden | Lab | 7,637 | 19.7 | 70.9% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 1,952 | 8.5 | 71.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 2,696 | 8.9 | 72.4% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Lab | 4,119 | 15.2 | 63.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 9,418 | 27.7 | 65.9% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Lab | 7,091 | 16.5 | 72.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | 9,974 | 28.4 | 64.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Queen'S Park | Lab | 8,914 | 34.3 | 67.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 6,349 | 25.7 | 64.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 8,395 | 26.3 | 66.5% | Lab hold |
| Greenock and Port Glasgow | Lab | 11,955 | 27.1 | 71.1% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton | Lab | 3,332 | 8.6 | 77.2% | Lab hold |
| Inverness | Lib | 1,134 | 2.8 | 70.5% | Lib hold |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | 7,529 | 15.5 | 80.4% | Lab hold |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 53 | 0.2 | 75.1% | Con hold |
| Kirkcaldy | Lab | 6,101 | 13.4 | 75.0% | |
| Lanark | Lab | 698 | 1.8 | 82.2% | Lab hold |
| Midlothian | Lab | 4,084 | 5.9 | 77.4% | Lab hold |
| Moray and Nairn | SNP | 367 | 1.2 | 74.7% | SNP hold |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | 4,962 | 12.8 | 75.4% | Lab hold |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | 2,551 | 9.4 | 72.3% | |
| North Lanarkshire | Lab | 8,341 | 19.4 | 79.5% | |
| Orkney and Shetland | Lib | 6,852 | 39.0 | 66.8% | Lib hold |
| Paisley | Lab | 5,590 | 11.7 | 72.2% | Lab hold |
| Perth and East Perthshire | SNP | 793 | 1.9 | 73.8% | SNP gain from Con |
| Renfrewshire East | Con | 8,710 | 18.2 | 77.6% | Con hold |
| Renfrewshire West | Lab | 5,300 | 9.9 | 80.1% | Lab hold |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | 663 | 3.2 | 69.5% | Con hold |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Lib | 7,475 | 16.3 | 79.2% | Lib hold |
| Rutherglen | Lab | 7,356 | 19.1 | 78.8% | Lab hold |
| South Angus | SNP | 1,824 | 4.7 | 74.5% | |
| Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth | Lab | 1,766 | 3.5 | 79.4% | Lab hold |
| Stirlingshire West | Lab | 367 | 0.9 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | 2,468 | 5.8 | 76.5% | |
| West Lothian | Lab | 2,690 | 4.4 | 78.8% | Lab hold |
| Western Isles | SNP | 5,232 | 36.7 | 63.4% | SNP hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the October 1974 general election?
Labour won 41 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 36.3% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in October 1974?
71 constituencies.
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