Scotland: 1979 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 1979 general election: Labour won 44 of 71 seats with 41.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 44 | +3 | 1,211,445 | 41.5% | +5.3 | |
| Conservative | 22 | +6 | 916,157 | 31.4% | +6.7 | |
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | 262,224 | 9.0% | +0.7 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2 | −9 | 504,259 | 17.3% | −13.2 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 22,502 | 0.8% | +0.5 |
Change compared with the October 1974 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 19,114 | 42.4 | 69.7% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 772 | 1.5 | 78.6% | Con hold |
| Argyll | Con | 1,646 | 5.0 | 76.1% | Con gain from SNP |
| Ayr | Con | 2,768 | 6.3 | 79.8% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire Central | Lab | 11,704 | 21.8 | 79.8% | Lab hold |
| Ayrshire South | Lab | 1,521 | 3.8 | 79.9% | Lab hold |
| Banff | Con | 799 | 3.4 | 72.5% | Con gain from SNP |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Lab | 1,673 | 3.3 | 82.9% | Lab hold |
| Bothwell | Lab | 15,217 | 31.6 | 78.6% | Lab hold |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | 4,313 | 11.4 | 75.9% | Con hold |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Lab | 2,539 | 11.0 | 78.4% | Lab hold |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | 984 | 1.8 | — | |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 15,156 | 33.5 | 75.3% | Lab hold |
| Dumfries | Con | 9,004 | 17.9 | 78.1% | Con hold |
| Dunbartonshire Central | Lab | 12,003 | 30.4 | 80.0% | Lab hold |
| Dunbartonshire East | Lab | 2,324 | 3.8 | 83.9% | Lab gain from SNP |
| Dunbartonshire West | Lab | 6,457 | 14.8 | 80.2% | Lab hold |
| Dundee East | SNP | 2,519 | 5.0 | 77.7% | SNP hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 10,457 | 20.9 | 78.4% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline | Lab | 7,313 | 14.2 | 79.3% | Lab hold |
| East Aberdeenshire | Con | 558 | 1.4 | 72.4% | Con gain from SNP |
| East Kilbride | Lab | 14,273 | 24.5 | 79.7% | Lab hold |
| East Renfrewshire | Con | 13,238 | 25.5 | — | |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 4,661 | 18.3 | 67.5% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 8,817 | 20.2 | 76.1% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 4,017 | 14.4 | 75.2% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 4,397 | 13.5 | 71.8% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 1,198 | 2.7 | 76.8% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 2,460 | 5.4 | 77.3% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 7,351 | 17.3 | 77.8% | Con hold |
| Fife Central | Lab | 18,022 | 37.9 | 77.4% | Lab hold |
| Fife East | Con | 9,355 | 20.0 | 79.0% | Con hold |
| Galloway | Con | 2,922 | 8.8 | 81.2% | Con gain from SNP |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | 1,600 | 4.2 | 78.6% | Lab gain from Con |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 6,605 | 56.0 | 59.5% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | 10,472 | 31.4 | 75.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Garscadden | Lab | 15,198 | 39.6 | 73.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 8,488 | 49.3 | 69.1% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 2,002 | 6.6 | 75.7% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Lab | 4,759 | 21.5 | 65.6% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 17,496 | 51.3 | 67.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Lab | 8,492 | 19.5 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | 18,844 | 54.4 | 66.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Queen'S Park | Lab | 9,478 | 40.4 | 68.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 9,161 | 42.1 | 68.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 12,771 | 44.7 | 67.8% | Lab hold |
| Greenock and Port Glasgow | Lab | 11,282 | 24.9 | 73.7% | Lab hold |
| Hamilton | Lab | 14,799 | 35.9 | 79.6% | Lab hold |
| Inverness | Lib | 4,157 | 8.9 | 74.4% | Lib hold |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | 11,467 | 23.4 | 81.1% | Lab hold |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 6,478 | 21.1 | 79.6% | Con hold |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | 13,063 | 27.7 | — | |
| Lanark | Lab | 5,139 | 12.3 | 81.8% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire North | Lab | 10,820 | 24.0 | 79.7% | |
| Midlothian | Lab | 16,936 | 21.5 | 77.8% | Lab hold |
| Moray and Nairn | Con | 422 | 1.2 | 77.5% | Con gain from SNP |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | 10,937 | 27.9 | 77.8% | Lab hold |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | 10,915 | 34.3 | 73.8% | Con hold |
| Orkney and Zetland | Lib | 6,810 | 35.1 | — | |
| Paisley | Lab | 13,755 | 29.6 | 72.8% | Lab hold |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | 3,103 | 6.5 | 77.3% | Con gain from SNP |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | 4,735 | 18.9 | 76.4% | Con hold |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Lib | 10,690 | 21.8 | 82.0% | Lib hold |
| Rutherglen | Lab | 8,023 | 20.2 | 80.4% | Lab hold |
| South Angus | Con | 963 | 2.1 | 79.9% | Con gain from SNP |
| Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth | Lab | 15,618 | 29.9 | 78.9% | Lab hold |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | 2,766 | 5.4 | 75.9% | Con hold |
| West Lothian | Lab | 20,082 | 30.0 | 78.1% | Lab hold |
| West Renfrewshire | Lab | 8,572 | 13.5 | — | |
| West Stirlingshire | Lab | 10,356 | 21.9 | — | |
| Western Isles | SNP | 3,063 | 20.3 | 67.5% | SNP hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 1979 general election?
Labour won 44 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 41.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 1979?
71 constituencies.
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