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1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout74.1% (Decrease1.9 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965
Leader's seat Huyton Bexley
Last election 46 seats, 49.9% 20 seats, 37.6%
Seats won 44 23
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 1,197,068 1,020,674
Percentage 44.5% 38.0%
Swing Decrease 5.4 pp Increase 0.4 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Lib
Leader Jeremy Thorpe William Wolfe
Party Liberal SNP
Leader since 18 January 1967 1 June 1969
Leader's seat North Devon Ran in West Lothian (defeated)
Last election 5 seats, 6.8% 0 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 147,667 306,802
Percentage 5.5% 11.4%
Swing Decrease 1.3 pp Increase 6.4 pp
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][2] 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.[3]

MPs

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List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974)

Results

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Party[2] Seats Aggregate Votes
Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference
Labour 4402Decrease264.81,197,06844.5Decrease5.4
Conservative 2330Increase328.21,020,67438.0Increase0.4
Liberal 302Decrease27.0147,6675.5Decrease1.3
SNP 101Increase10.0306,80211.4Increase6.4
Communist 000Steady—11,4080.4Decrease0.2
  Others 000Steady—4,6160.2Increase0.2
Total 71 2,688,235 74.1[4] Decrease1.9

Votes summary

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Popular vote
Labour
 
 44.53%
Conservative
 
 37.97%
SNP
 
 11.41%
Liberal
 
 5.49%
Other
 
 0.60%
Parliamentary seats
Labour
 
 61.97%
Conservative
 
 32.39%
Liberal
 
 4.22%
SNP
 
 1.40%

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-907278-03-7.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-907278-03-7.
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