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Elections in Scotland

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Scotland has elections to several bodies: the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, local councils and community councils. Before the United Kingdom left the European Union, Scotland elected members to the European Parliament.

Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliamentary elections use the Additional Member System (AMS). Under this system, voters are given two votes: one for their constituency, which elects a single MSP by first-past-the-post; and one for their region, which elects seven MSPs by closed list. Five Scottish Parliamentary elections have been held since the reconvention of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Elections are held every five years, on the first Thursday in May.

2021

Main article: 2021 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scottish Parliament election map 2021.svg	center	frameless	500x500px]]	Party	Seats	Seats
change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	2,706,761	100	2,712,784	100	Registered voters/Turnout	4,280,785	63.46	7.66	4,280,785	63.49	7.69
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	64	1	1,291,204	47.7	1.2	1,094,374	40.3	1.4	2,385,578	43.89	0.21	49.6
	31		592,518	21.9	0.1	637,131	23.5	0.6	1,229,649	22.62	0.15	24.0
	22	2	584,392	21.6	1.0	488,819	18.0	1.0	1,073,211	19.74	1.07	17.05
	8	2	34,990	1.3	0.7	220,324	8.1	1.5	255,314	4.69	1.11	6.2
	4	1	187,746	6.9	0.9	137,152	5.1	0.1	324,898	5.97	0.54	3.1
	0		15,833	0.58	0.08	137,984	5.1	0.6	153,817	2.83	0.34	0.0
5,434,851	100
8,561,570	63.47	7.67

2016

Main article: 2016 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scottish Parliament election map 2016.svg	500px	A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.	center]]	Party	Seats	Seats
change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	2,279,154	100	2,285,752	100	Registered voters/Turnout	4,099,907	55.90	5.24	4,099,907	55.75	5.36
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	63	6	1,059,897	46.5	1.1	953,587	41.7	2.3	2,013,484	44.10	0.60	48.8
	31	16	501,844	22.0	8.1	524,222	22.9	10.6	1,026,066	22.47	9.34	24.03
	24	13	514,261	22.6	9.2	435,919	19.1	7.2	950,180	20.81	8.18	18.60
	6	4	13,172	0.6	0.6	150,426	6.6	2.2	163,598	3.58	1.40	4.65
	5		178,238	7.8	1.0	119,284	5.2		297,522	6.51	0.04	3.87
	0	1	11,741	0.5	0.58	102,314	4.5	3.02	114,055	2.49	1.89	0
4,564,906	100
5,434,851	55.67	5.30

2011

Main article: 2011 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scottish Parliament election map 2011.svg	center	frameless	500x500px]]	Party	Seats	Seats
change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	1,989,276	100	1,990,836	100	Registered voters/Turnout	3,950,626	50.35	0.70	3,950,626	50.39	1.31
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	69	23	902,915	45.5	12.5	876,421	44.0	13.0	1,779,336	44.70	12.74	53.48
	37	7	630,461	31.7	0.5	523,469	26.3	2.9	1,153,930	28.99	1.64	28.68
	15	5	276,652	13.9	2.7	245,967	12.4	1.5	522,619	13.13	2.01	11.6
	5	12	157,714	7.9	8.2	103,472	5.2	6.1	261,186	6.56	7.18	3.87
	2	1	0	0.0	0.1	86,939	4.4	0.3	86,939	2.18	0.08	1.55
	1		21,534	1.08	0.92	149,809	7.52	3.08	171,343	4.30	2.03	0.77
3,980,112	100
7,901,252	50.37	1.01

2007

Main article: 2007 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scottish Election Results 2007.svg	500px	A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.]]	Party	Seats	Seats
change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	2,016,978	100	2,042,866	100	Registered voters/Turnout	3,950,626	51.05	1.63	3,950,626	51.70	2.30
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	47	20	664,227	32.9	9.1	633,611	31.0	10.1	1,297,838	31.96	9.65	36.43
	46	4	648,374	32.1	2.5	595,415	29.1	0.2	1,243,789	30.63	1.36	35.65
	17	1	334,743	16.6		284,035	13.9	1.6	614,778	15.14	0.91	13.17
	16	1	326,232	16.2	0.8	230,651	11.3	0.5	556,883	13.74	0.17	12.40
	2	5	2,971	0.1	8.5	82,577	4.0	2.9	85,584	2.10	1.34	1.55
	1	9	40,431	2.0	7.6	216,577	10.6	4.0	257,008	6.33	6.31	0.77
4,059,844	100
7,901,252	51.38	1.89

2003

Main article: 2003 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scotland general election 2003 - Results by Constituency.svg	500px	A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.]]	Party	Seats	Seats
change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	1,916,574	100	1,915,821	100	Registered voters/Turnout	3,877,460	49.42	8.74	3,877,460	49.40	8.57
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	50	6	663,585	34.6	4.2	561,375	29.3	4.3	1,224,960	31.96	4.25	38.8
	27	8	455,722	23.8	5.1	399,659	20.9	6.4	855,381	22.31	5.70	20.9
	18		318,279	16.6	1.0	296,929	15.5	0.1	615,208	16.05	0.60	14.0
	17		294,347	15.4	1.2	225,774	11.8	0.6	520,121	13.57	0.25	13.2
	7	6	-	-	-	132,138	6.9	3.3	132,138	3.44	1.65	5.4
	10	8	184,641	9.6	6.9	299,946	14.6	7.1	484,587	12.64	7.45	7.9
3,832,395	100
7,754,920	49.49	8.62

1999

Main article: 1999 Scottish Parliament election

[[File:Scotland general election 1999 - Results by Constituency.svg	500px	A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.]]	Party	Seats	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)
Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
	56	908,346	38.8	786,818	33.6	1,695,164	36.21	43.41
	35	672,768	28.7	638,644	27.3	1,311,412	28.01	27.13
	18	364,425	15.6	359,109	15.4	723,534	15.45	13.95
	17	333,179	14.2	290,760	12.4	623,939	13.32	13.17
	1	-	-	84,023	3.6	84,023	1.79	0.77
	2	63,770	2.7	179,481	7.5	243,251	5.19	1.55
4,681,323	100
8,054,866	58.11

By-elections

Main article: List of Scottish parliamentary by-elections

2019 Shetland by-election, Lib Dem hold
2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election, Con hold
2014 Cowdenbeath by-election, Lab hold
2013 Dunfermline by-election, Lab gain from SNP
2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, SNP hold
2006 Moray by-election, SNP hold
2005 Glasgow Cathcart by-election, Lab hold
2001 Banff and Buchan by-election, SNP hold
2001 Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, Lab hold
2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-election, Lab hold
2000 Ayr by-election, Con gain from Lab

UK Parliament

Scotland election results by percentage of popular vote, 1900–2019. Conservative total includes Liberal Unionists 1900–1910 and Liberal Nationals 1931–1964. Liberal total incorporates Liberal Party (1900–1979), Alliance (1983–1987) and Liberal Democrats (since 1992).

2024

'''2024 Map'''

Main article: 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats
contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)	Turnout	2,414,810	59.2	8.4
	37	36	57	851,897	35.3	16.7
	9	39	57	724,758	30.0	15.0
	5	1	57	307,344	12.7	12.4
	6	4	57	234,228	9.7	0.2
	0		57	167,979	7.0	6.5
	0		44	92,685	3.8	2.8
	0			35,919	1.5	1.4

2019

'''2019 Map'''

Main article: 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats
contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)	Turnout	2,759,061	68.1	1.7
	48	13	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath]] candidate Neale Hanvey was suspended before the election but appeared on ballot papers as an SNP candidate.	1,242,380	45.0	8.1
	6	7	Aberdeen North]] candidate Ryan Houghton and Glasgow Central candidate Flora Scarabello were both suspended before the election but appeared on the ballot paper as Conservative candidates.	692,939	25.1	3.5
	4		59	263,417	9.5	2.8
	1	6	Falkirk]] candidate Safia Ali was suspended before the election but appeared on ballot papers as a Labour candidate.	511,838	18.6	8.5
	0		22	28,122	1.0	0.8
	0		15	13,243	0.5	New
	0		6	3,303	0.1	0.1
	0			3,819	0.1	0.2

2017

'''2017 Map'''

Main article: 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats
contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)	Turnout	2,649,695	66.4	4.7
	35	21	59	977,569	36.9	13.1
	13	12	59	757,949	28.6	13.7
	7	6	59*	717,007	27.1	2.8
	4	3	59	179,061	6.8	0.7
	0		3	5,886	0.2	1.1
	0		10	5,302	0.2	1.4
	0			6,921	0.3

2015

Main article: 2015 United Kingdom general election, 2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''2015 Map'''

At the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time.

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats, of total (%)	Seats
contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)	Turnout	2,910,465	71.1	6.3
	56	50	94.6	59	1,454,436	50.0	30.1
	1	40	1.7	59*	707,147	24.3	17.7
	1	0	1.7	59	434,097	14.9	1.8
	1	10	1.7	59	219,675	7.5	11.3
	0		0	41	47,078	1.6	0.9
	0		0	32	39,205	1.3	0.7
	0		0	37	8,827	0.3	0.5

2010

Main article: 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''2010 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats, of total (%)	Candidates	Votes	%	%
change
	41		69.4	59	1,035,528	42.0	2.5
	11		18.6	59	465,471	18.9	3.7
	6		10.16	59	491,386	19.9	2.3
	1		1.69	59*	412,855	16.7	0.9
	0		0	34	17,223	0.7	0.3
	0		0	20	16,827	0.7	0.4
	0		0	45	19,555	0.8	0.14
Turnout:	2,465,722	63.8	3.2

Philip Lardner, the Conservative candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran was disowned by the Conservative Party for comments he posted on his website, calling homosexuality 'abnormal'. It was too late for him to be replaced and he still read as the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party candidate on the ballot paper.

2005

Main article: 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''2005 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Seats,
of total (%)	Votes	%	%
change
	41	15	69.4	922,402	39.5	4.5
	11	1	18.6	528,076	22.6	6.3
	6	1	10.16	412,267	17.7	2.4
	1		1.7	369,388	15.8	0.2
	0		0	43,514	1.9	1.2
	0		0	25,760	1.1	1.1
	0		0	8,859	0.4	0.3
	0		0	15,490	0.66
Turnout:	2,333,887	60.6	2.4

2001

Main article: 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''2001 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	56		1,001,173	43.3	2.3
	10		378,034	16.3	3.3
	5	1	464,314	20.1	2.1
	1	1	360,658	15.6	1.9
	0		72,516	3.1	2.8
Turnout:	2,315,703	58.2	13.1

1997

Main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''1997 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	56	7	1,283,350	45.6	6.6
	10	1	365,362	13.0	0.1
	6	3	621,550	22.1	0.6
	0	11	493,059	17.5	8.2
	0		53,427	2.0	1.2
Turnout:	2,816,748	71.3	4.2

1992

Main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''1992 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	49	1	1,142,911	39.0	3.4
	11	1	751,950	25.6	1.6
	9		383,856	13.1	6.1
	3		629,564	21.5	7.4
	0		23,417	0.8	0.5
Turnout:	2,931,698	75.5	0.4

1987

Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''1987 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	50	9	1,258,132	42.4	7.3
	10	11	713,081	24.0	4.4
	9	1	570,053	19.2	5.3
	3	1	416,473	14.1	2.3
	0		10,069	0.3
Turnout:	2,967,808	75.1	2.4

1983

Main article: 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''1983 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	41	3	990,654	35.1	6.5
	21	1	801,487	28.4	3.0
	8	5	692,634	24.5	15.5
	2		331,975	11.8	5.5
	0		7,830	0.3	0.2
Turnout:	2,824,580	72.7

1979

Main article: 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''1979 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	44	3	1,211,455	41.5	5.2
	22	6	916,155	31.4	6.7
	2	9	504,259	17.3	13.1
	3		262,224	9.0	0.7
	0		13,737	0.5	New
	0		2,881	0.1	0.1
Turnout:	2,916,637	76.84

October 1974

Main article: October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''October 1974 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	41	1	1,000,581	36.3	0.3
	16	5	681,327	24.7	8.2
	11	4	839,617	30.4	8.5
	3		228,855	8.3	0.4
	0		7,453	0.3	0.2
	0		86	0.0	New
	0		182	0.0	0.1
Turnout:	2,758,101	74.81

February 1974

Main article: February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

'''February 1974 Map'''

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	40	4	1,057,601	36.6	7.9
	21	2	950,668	32.9	5.1
	7	6	633,180	21.9	10.5
	3		229,162	7.9	2.4
	0		15,071	0.5	0.1
	0		1,393	0.1	0.1
Turnout:	2,887,075	78.86

1970

'''1970 Map'''

Main article: 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	44	2	1,197,068	44.5	5.4
	23	3	1,020,674	38.0	0.4
	1	1	306,802	11.4	6.4
	3	2	147,667	5.5	1.3
	0		11,408	0.4	0.2
	0		4,616	0.2	0.2
Turnout:	2,688,235	73.91

1966

'''1966 Map'''

Main article: 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	46	3	1,273,916	49.9	1.2
	20	4	960,675	37.6	3.0
	5	1	172,447	6.8	0.8
	0		128,474	5.0	2.6
	0		16,230	0.6	0.1
	0		638	0.0	0.2
Turnout:	2,552,380

1964

'''1964 Map'''

Main article: 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	43	5	1,283,667	48.7
	Unionist	24	1	981,641	37.3
	National Liberal & Conservative	0	6	88,054	3.3
	Liberal	4	3	200,063	7.6
	SNP	0		64,044	2.4
	Communist	0		12,241	0.5
	Other	0		4,829	0.2
Total	71		2,634,539	100

1959

'''1959 Map'''

Main article: 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	38	4	1,245,255	46.7
	Unionist	25	5	1,060,609	39.8
	National Liberal & Conservative	6		199,678	7.5
	Liberal	1		108,963	4.1
	Independent Unionist	1	1	12,163	0.5
	SNP	0		21,738	0.8
	Communist	0		12,150	0.5
	Fife Socialist League	0		4,886	0.2
	Other	0		2,071	0.1
Total	71		2,667,513	100

1955

'''1955 Map'''

Main article: 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	30	1	1,056,209	41.5
	National Liberal & Conservative	6		217,733	8.6
	Labour Party	34	1	1,188,058	46.7
	Liberal	1		47,273	1.9
	Communist	0		13,195	0.5
	SNP	0		12,112	0.5
	Other	0		8,674	0.3
Total	71		2,543,254	100

1951

'''1951 Map'''

Main article: 1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	29	3	1,108,321	39.9
	National Liberal & Conservative	6	1	240,977	8.7
	Labour Party	35	2	1,330,244	47.9
	Liberal	1	1	76,291	2.7
	Communist	0		10,947	0.4
	SNP	0		7,299	0.3
	Other	0	1	3,758	0.1
Total	71		2,777,837	100

1950

Main article: 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	37		1,259,410	46.2
	Unionist	26	2	1,013,909	37.2
	National Liberal & Conservative	5	2	208,101	7.6
	Liberal	2	2	180,270	6.6
	SNP	0		9,708	0.4
	Communist	0	1	27,559	1.0
	Other	1	2	27,727	1.0
Total	71		2,726,684	100

1945

'''1945 Map'''

Main article: 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	37	17	1,144,310	47.9
	Unionist	24	11	878,206	36.7
	National Liberal & Conservative	3	4	85,937	3.6
	Independent Labour Party	3	1	40,725	1.7
	Independent Liberal	2	2	26,127	1.1
	Communist	1	-	33,265	1.4
	Independent Unionist	1	1	13,647	0.6
	Liberal	0	3	132,849	5.6
	SNP	0	-	30,595	1.3
	Common Wealth Party	0	-	4,231	0.2
Total	71		2,389,892	100

1935

'''1935 Map'''

Main article: 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	*National Government (Total)*	*43*	21	*1,135,403*	*49.8*
	Unionist	35	13	962,595	42.0
	National Liberal	7		149,072	6.7
	National Labour	1		19,115	0.9
	National	0		4,621	0.2
	Labour Party	20	13	863,789	36.8
	Liberal	3	4	174,235	6.7
	Independent Labour Party	4		111,256	5.0
	SNP	0		25,652	1.1
	Communist	1	1	13,462	0.6
Total	71		2,323,797	100

1931

'''1931 Map'''

Main article: 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	*National Government (Total)*	*64*		*1,385,385*	*64.0*
	Unionist	48	28	1,056,768	49.5
	National Liberal & Conservative	8	New	101,430	4.9
	Liberal	7	6	205,384	8.6
	National Labour	1	New	21,803	1.0
	Labour Party	7	30	696,248	32.6
	Communist	0		35,618	1.4
	National Party of Scotland	0		20,954	1.0
	New Party	0	New	3,895	0.2
	Other	0		32,229	0.8
Total	71		2,174,329	100

1929

'''1929 Map'''

Main article: 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	37	11	931,432	43.1
	Unionist	20	16	776,397	35.9
	Liberal	13	5	390,896	18.1
	Scottish Prohibition	1	-	25,037	1.2
	Communist	0	-	24,868	1.1
	National Party of Scotland	0	-	3,313	0.2
	Other	0		8,613	0.4
Total	71		2,161,350	100

1924

'''1924 Map'''

Main article: 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	36	22	688,299	40.7
	Labour	26	8	697,146	41.1
	Liberal	8	14	286,540	16.6
	Communist	0	-	15,930	0.7
	Other	1	-	29,193	0.9
Total	71		1,717,108	100

1923

Main article: 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	34	5	532,450	35.9
	Liberal (Reunited)	22	5	422,995	28.4
	Unionist	14	1	468,526	31.6
	Communist	0	1	39,448	2.4
	Other	1	-	37,908	1.7
Total	71		1,501,327	100

1922

'''1922 Map'''

Main article: 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	29	23	501,254	32.2
	Liberal	15	7	328,649	21.5
	Unionist	13		379,396	25.1
	National Liberal	12	13	288,529	17.7
	Communist	1		23,944	1.4
	Other	1		47,589	2.1
Total	71		1,569,361	100

1918

'''1918 Map'''

Main article: 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Coalition (Total)	54		584,259	52.3
	Coalition Unionist	28		336,530	30.8
	Coalition Liberal	25		221,145	19.1
	Coalition Labour	1		14,247	1.3
	Coalition NDP	0		12,337	1.1
	Labour	6		265,744	22.9
	Liberal	8		163,960	15.0
	Unionist	2		21,939	2.0
	Co-operative Party	0		19,841	1.8
	Highland Land League	0		8,710	0.8
	Scottish Prohibition Party	0		5,212	0.5
	NDP	0		4,297	0.4
	Other	1		52,749	4.7
Total	71		1,126,711	100

1910 December

Main article: December 1910 United Kingdom general election, December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	57	1	306,378	53.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	10	1	244,785	42.6
	Labour Party	3	1	24,633	3.6
	Other	0	1	1,947	0.2
Total	70		577,743	100

1910 January

Main article: January 1910 United Kingdom general election, January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	58		354,847	54.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	9	1	260,033	39.6
	Labour Party	2		37,852	5.1
	Other	1	1	7,710	1.1
Total	70		660,442	100

1906

Main article: 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	58	24	336,400	56.4
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	10	26	225,802	38.2
	Labour	2	2	16,897	2.3
	Other	0		17,815	3.1
Total	70		596,914	100

1900

Main article: 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	36	5	237,217	49.0
	Liberal	34	5	245,092	50.2
	Scottish Workers'	0		3,107	0.6
	Other	0		814	0.2
Total	70		486,230	100

1895

Main article: 1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	39	12	236,446	51.7
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	31	12	214,403	47.4
	Independent Labour Party	0		4,269	0.8
Total	70			100

1892

Main article: 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	8	256,944	53.9
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	19	8	209,944	44.4
	Scottish Trades Councils Labour	0		2,313	0.5
	Scottish Parliamentary Labour	0		2,043	0.4
	Other	0		3,886	0.8
Total	70		475,130	100

1886

Main article: 1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal & Crofters Party	43	19	193,801	53.6
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	27	19	164,314	46.4
Total	70		358,115	100

1885

'''1885 Map'''

Main article: 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	1	238,627	53.3
	Conservative	8	2	151,137	34.3
	Independent Liberal & Crofters Party	4	4	16,551	3.7
	Independent Liberal	7	7	38,214	8.6
	Others	0
	Scottish Land Restoration League	0		2,359	0.5
Total	70	12	446,888	100

1880

Main article: 1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland{{!}}results in Scotland

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	52	12	195,517	70.1
	Conservative	6	12	75,145	29.9
Total	58		269,662	100

1874

Main article: 1874 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	40	11	148,345	70.1
	Conservative	18	11	63,193	29.9
Total	58		211,538	100

1868

Main article: 1868 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	9	125,356	82.5
	Conservative	7	4	23,985	17.5
Total	58	5	149,341	100

1865

Main article: 1865 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	42	2	43,480	85.4
	Conservative	11	2	4,305	14.6
Total	53		47,785	100

1859

Main article: 1859 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	40	1	5,174	66.4
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	13	1	2,616	33.6
Total	53		7,790	100

1857

Main article: 1857 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	39	6	31,999	84.8
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	14	6	4,060	15.2
Total	53		36,059	100

1852

Main article: 1852 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	-	21,015	72.6
	Conservative & Liberal Conservative	20	-	6,955	27.4
Total	53		27,970	100

1847

Main article: 1847 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	-	20,092	81.7
	Conservative & Liberal Conservative	20	-	3,509	18.3
Total	53		23,601	100

1841

Main article: 1841 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	31	2	16,356	60.8
	Conservative	22	2	9,793	38.3
	Chartist	0		385	0.9
Total	53		26,354	100

1837

Main article: 1837 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	5	22,082	54.0
	Conservative	20	5	18,569	46.0
Total	53	-	40,651	100

1835

Main article: 1835 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	38	5	28,307	62.8
	Conservative	15	5	15,733	37.2
Total	53		44,040	100

1832

Main article: 1832 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	43	22	44,003	79.0
	Tory	10	13	9,752	21.0
Total	53		53,755	100

1831

Main article: 1831 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
	Tory	23	10
	Whig	21	9
	Doubtful	1	1
Total	45			100

1830

Main article: 1830 United Kingdom general election

Party	Seats	Seats change	%
	Tory	33
	Whig	12
Total	45		100

Local councils

Since 1995, local elections in Scotland have been generally held every four years for all the 32 unitary authorities created under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Between 1975 and 1992, elections were held every two years for either district or regional council, which sat for four-year terms. Those arrangements were set up by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

As one consequence of the Gould Report, which was a response to the fiasco of the 2007 elections, the next council elections were scheduled for 2012 (one year after the Parliamentary elections in 2011).

2022

Main article: 2022 Scottish local elections

2017

The elections were held again using the STV system of proportional representation, and as with the 2012 Scottish local elections, they were delayed for one year to ensure they were not held on the same day as the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections (which was delayed for a year, owing to the 2015 general election). For full analysis see 2017 Scottish local elections.

2012

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

The election was contested for the second time under the STV system of proportional representation. It was the first time in 13 years that the elections had not been held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.

Past elections

By-elections

2008

date to be announced: Abbey (4-member ward), Dumfries and Galloway, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 2 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab)
1 May: Troup (3-member ward), Aberdeenshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Ind)
6 March: Cambuslang East (3-member ward), South Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab gain from SNP (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 3 Lab)
28 Feb: Lerwick South (4-member ward), Shetland, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Ind hold (result May 2007: 4 Ind; after by election: 4 Ind)
21 Feb: Highland (3-member ward), Perth and Kinross, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 1 Con; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Con)
14 Feb: Elgin City South (3-member ward), Moray, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Lab, 1 Ind; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)
31 January: Kilsyth (3-member ward), North Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab hold (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 2 Lab, 1 SNP)

2007

22 November: Lochee (4-member ward), Dundee, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 2 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 2 Lab)
4 October: Helensburgh and Lomond South (3-member ward), Argyll and Bute, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lib Dem gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem; after by election: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Con)
16 August: Midstocket/Rosemount (3-member ward), Aberdeen, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Con (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)

2006

8 December: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Lab hold (16% swing Lab to SNP)
28 September: Markinch and Woodside East, Fife, SNP gain from Lab
10 August: Lochardil, Highland, Lib Dem gain from Ind
15 June: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, SNP gain from Lab
18 May: Altonhill Hillhead and Longpark, East Ayrshire, SNP hold
11 May: Biggar, Symington and Black Mount, South Lanarkshire, Con gain from SNP
30 March: Avondale South, South Lanarkshire, Con hold
30 March: Borestone, Stirling, SNP gain from Lab
30 March: King's Park, Glasgow, Lib Dem gain from Lab
16 February: Milton, Glasgow, SNP gain from Lab
2 February: North Carrick and Maybole East, South Ayrshire, Ind gain from Lab

2005

8 December: Kirkshaws, North Lanarkshire, Lab hold
10 November: Knightswood Park, Glasgow, Lab hold
10 November: Loanhead, Midlothian, SNP gain from Ind
10 November: Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Con hold
13 October: Lochside, Dumfries and Galloway, Lab gain from Ind
29 September: Auchtertool and Burntisland East, Fife, SNP gain from Ind
11 August: Herbertshire, Falkirk, SNP gain from Lab
16 June: Kildrum and Park, North Lanarkshire, SNP gain from Ind
9 June: Huntly East, Aberdeenshire, Con hold
9 June: Kilnknowe and Clovenfords, Borders, SNP gain from Ind
17 March: Dalkeith/Woodburn, Midlothian, Lib Dem gain from Lab
17 March: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, Lab hold

European Parliament

In 1999, a Scotland-wide constituency replaced eight first-past-the-post constituencies used in the elections between 1979 and 1994. This returned eight MEPs under the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation system. Since then the number of MEPs returned by Scotland has been reduced twice, to seven in 2004, and then to six in 2009.

Following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, Scotland no longer elects representatives to the European Parliament.

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2019

Main article: 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom

2014

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Stephen Gethins, Toni Giugliano, Chris Stephens (194,751.5) Derek Munn, Katrina Murray, Asim Khan, Kirsty O'Brien (174,109.5) Iain McGill, Stuart McIntyre Siobhan Mathers, Euan Davidson

2009

Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer (160,503.5) Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan (114,926.5) Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon

2004

Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle (155,432.5) Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross (115,752.5) Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor (104,514) Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison

1999

Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley (94,496.67) Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty (134,264) Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey (97,648) Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers

Pre-1999 elections

For full details of results please referee to related articles;

Glasgow
Highlands and Islands
Lothians
Mid Scotland and Fife
North East Scotland
South of Scotland
Strathclyde East
Strathclyde West

1994

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	6		635,955	42.51
	2		487,239	32.57
	0		216,669	14.48
	0		107,811	7.21
	0		23,304	1.56
	0	–	12,113	0.81	–
	0	–	5,037	0.34	–
	0	–	3,249	0.22	–
	0	–	1,832	0.12	–
	0	–	1,096	0.07	–
	0		689	0.05
	0	–	584	0.04	–
	International Communist	0		381	0.03
Turnout:	1,495,959

1989

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	7		664,263	41.86
	1		406,686	25.63
	0		331,495	20.89
	0		115,028	7.25
	0		68,056	4.29
	0	–	1,164	0.07	–
	International Communist	0	–	193	0.01
Turnout:	1,586,885

1984

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	5		526,066	40.99
	2		332,771	25.72
	1		230,594	17.82
	0		201,782	15.60
	0	–	2,560	0.20	–
Turnout:	1,293,773

1979

Party	Seats	Seats
change	Votes	%	%
change
	5	–	430,772	33.68	–
	2	–	421,968	32.99	–
	1	–	247,836	19.38	–
	0	–	178,433	13.95	–
Turnout:	1,279,009

Referendums

To date eight referendums have been held in Scotland, covering a wide range of issues.

1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum
1979 Scottish devolution referendum
1994 Strathclyde water referendum
1997 Scottish devolution referendum
2005 Edinburgh congestion charge referendum
2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum
2014 Scottish independence referendum
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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Party	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	9	125,356	82.5
	Conservative	7	4	23,985	17.5
Total	58	5	149,341	100