1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
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![]() Results of the 1970 election in Scotland |
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 18 June 1970 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats for the fourth consecutive election, whilst the Scottish National Party won a seat for the first time in a general election, having won their first ever Westminster seat at the 1945 Motherwell by-election and another shock victory in the Hamilton by-election in 1967.[2]
MPs
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974)
Results
Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Labour | 44 | ![]() | 1,197,068 | 44.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 23 | ![]() | 1,020,674 | 38.0 | ![]() | |
SNP | 1 | ![]() | 306,802 | 11.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 3 | ![]() | 147,667 | 5.5 | ![]() | |
Other | 0 | ![]() | 16,024 | 0.6 | ![]() | |
Turnout: | 2,688,235 |
Votes summary
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References
- ^ "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020.
- ^ Baldi, Gregory (14 October 2022). "Politics without society: explaining the rise of the Scottish National Party". British Politics. 18 (3): 342–363. doi:10.1057/s41293-022-00215-w. ISSN 1746-918X. PMC 9561324. PMID 38625219.
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