2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none 2015 United Kingdom general election August 2012 September 2020 2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Scotland parliamentary no 2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 2010 List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2010–2015) 2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 2017 List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2015–2017) All 59 Scottish seats to the House of Commons 2015 5 7 yes 71.1% (7.3%) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon official portrait (cropped).jpg 125 120 160 0 0 Nicola Sturgeon 14 November 2014 Scottish National Party Did not stand 1,454,436 50.0% 30.1 pp 6 seats, 19.9% 56 50 Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ed Miliband 25 September 2010 Labour Party (UK) Doncaster North 41 seats, 42.0% 1 40 707,147 24.3% 17.7 pp Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nick Clegg 18 December 2007 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheffield Hallam 11 seats, 18.9% 1 10 219,675 7.6% 11.4 pp David Cameron official.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Cameron 6 December 2005 Conservative Party (UK) Witney 434,097 14.9% 1.8 pp 1 seat, 16.7% 1 File:2015 UK General election in Scotland.svg Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post, single-member district electoral system. Unlike the 2010 general election, where no seats changed party, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won all but three seats in Scotland, gaining a total of 56 seats.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32635871 Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide BBC News 8 May 2015 23 April 2018http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/snp-make-history-as-they-sweep-labour-aside-in-crushing-victory.1431060881 SNP crush Labour in historic poll as Tories sweep to power Michael Settle The Herald 8 May 2015 18 May 2015 The SNP received what remains the largest number of votes gained by a single political party in a United Kingdom general election in Scotland in British history, breaking the previous record set by the Labour Party in 1964 and taking the largest share of the Scottish vote in sixty years, at approximately 50 per cent.Election Statistics: UK 1918–2017 http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7529 12 23 April 2017 House of Commons Library 14 August 2017 14 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170814094935/http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7529 live The Labour Party suffered its worst ever election defeat in Scotland, losing 40 of the 41 seats it was defending, including the seats of Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and the then Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander. The Liberal Democrats lost ten of the eleven seats they were defending, with the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and former leader Charles Kennedy losing their seats. The election also saw the worst performance by the Scottish Conservative Party, which received its lowest share of the vote since its creation in 1965, although it retained the one seat that it previously held.http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/scottish-tories-worst-vote-share-in-its-history.125550143 Scottish Tories: worst vote share in its history Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald 10 May 2015 18 May 2015 In all, 50 of the 59 seats changed party, 49 of them being won by first-time MPs. The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, in which 1,617,989 voters (44.7%) backed independence while 2,001,926 (55.3%) did not. The referendum saw a record turnout of 84.59%, the "highest turnout in any nationwide ballot in Scotland since the advent of the mass franchise after the First World War". There was speculation as to whether this would significantly affect the turnout in the general election.http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/will-scottish-referendum-reignite-britains-interest-politics-1469294 Will the Scottish Referendum Reignite Britain's Interest in Politics? 9 October 2014 6 November 2014http://leftfootforward.org/2014/09/scotlands-referendum-will-boost-turn-out-in-2015-election/ Scotland's referendum will boost turnout in the 2015 election 16 September 2014 6 November 2014 An immediate consequence of the referendum was a massive rise in the membership of the pro-independence parties, with the SNP in particular adding 60,000 to its membership to reach over 85,000 within two months of the referendum.http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/snp-could-win-most-majority-of-scottish-seats-says-party-campaign-directo.1416073305 SNP could win majority of Scottish seats, says campaign director Angus Robertson 15 November 2014 The Herald 15 November 2015 Political context Since 2005, the Scottish National Party had come first in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election as well as the 2009 European Parliament election. In Westminster, however, it was a different story: although in 2008 the party won the Glasgow East by-election, in what was one of the safest Labour seats in the UK, by the time of the 2010 general election and even with an increase of 2.3% in the vote, it only managed to retain the seats it had won in the 2005 general election. A year later, in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the SNP became the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood – a remarkable feat, for the mixed-member proportional representation system used to elect MSPs makes the acquisition of a single-party majority challenging. The SNP gained 32 constituencies, 22 of which came from Scottish Labour, nine from the Scottish Liberal Democrats and one from the Scottish Conservatives. Such was the scale of their gains that, of the 73 constituencies in Scotland, only 20 were represented by MSPs of other political parties in 2011. The SNP's majority in the Scottish Parliament allowed it to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence. This was held in 2014, and the proposal for independence was defeated by 10.6 percentage points. In spite of this, the campaign in favour of independence made a set of significant inroads across the Central Belt of Scotland, a region which has traditionally had a strong affiliation with the Labour Party. The Yes campaign took 44.7% of the vote in Scotland on a high turnout of 84.6%: well beyond the SNP's 19.9% vote share at the 2010 UK general election. This took form at the 2015 UK general election with a saturation of the SNP vote in areas which had a higher "Yes" vote at the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Scottish Labour had held the majority of seats in Scotland in every general election since the 1960s, and many prominent government officials represented Scottish constituencies, such as the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Chancellor Alistair Darling. In the 2010 election, the Labour Party in Scotland increased its share of the vote by 2.5% and re-gained the Glasgow East and Dunfermline and West Fife constituencies giving them 41 out of 59 seats in Scotland. At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Labour lost out to the SNP across much of the central belt of Scotland, holding on to 15 out of 73 constituency seats in Scotland. In 2015 Labour lost 40 of its 41 Scottish constituencies at the UK Parliament, with Edinburgh South becoming the only constituency in Scotland to have a Labour MP after the election. The party lost out heavily to the SNP in working-class areas around central Scotland, with Scottish Labour's safest constituency (Glasgow North East) returning the largest swing in the election at 39.3% from Labour to SNP. The party performed best in its more affluent constituencies, with Scottish Labour's leader Jim Murphy missing out in his former constituency of East Renfrewshire by just 6.6% of the vote. Labour's next closest constituency result came in Edinburgh North and Leith, where they missed out to the SNP by 9.6% of the vote, and in East Lothian, where the SNP polled ahead of Labour by 11.5% of the vote. In the context of a broader collapse in the party's support across Great Britain at the end five years as part of a coalition UK Government with the conservatives, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost 10 of its 11 Westminster constituencies from 2010, with its safest constituency in Great Britain - Orkney and Shetland - becoming the only Liberal Democrat constituency in Scotland. They marginally lost out to the SNP in East Dunbartonshire, where former Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson lost out to the SNP by 4% of the vote. Among those to lose their constituency at the election were former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander. The Liberal Democrats came third in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, constituencies which they had held in the previous election. The Scottish Conservatives have not held a majority of Scottish seats in a general election since 1955 and it lost all eleven of its seats in the election of 1997. From 2001 until 2017, the party only held one Westminster seat in Scotland. In 2005, following the re-organisation of Scottish constituencies, that seat was Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, a mostly rural constituency near the Scottish borders. In 2010 its share of the vote in Scotland increased by roughly 0.9% and it retained the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, as its only Scottish constituency. It had been reported the party could gain Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk,http://may2015.com/ideas/the-tories-could-win-more-seats-in-scotland-than-labour-or-the-lib-dems/ The Tories could win more seats in Scotland than Labour or the Lib Dems May2015: 2015 General Election Guide 31 March 2015 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220002940/http://www.may2015.com/ideas/the-tories-could-win-more-seats-in-scotland-than-labour-or-the-lib-dems/ dead a seat which they lost out on to the SNP by 0.6% of the vote. Minor parties such as the UKIP and the Scottish Greens announced that they would contest more Scottish seats than they did in the 2010 election. UKIP targeted the sole Conservative seat in Scotland, as well as standing candidates in several others. The British National Party also announced its intention to contest more seats than in 2010, though in the event did not stand a single candidate in a Scottish constituency.http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/ukip-plans-to-sweep-tories-out-of-scotland.25571444 Ukip plans to sweep Tories out of Scotland 11 October 2014 6 November 2014http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/scottish-tory-mp-will-face-ukip-challenger.25568826 Scottish Tory MP will face Ukip challenger 12 October 2014 6 November 2014 The Scottish Socialist Party stood in four constituencies.https://scottishsocialistvoice.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/ssp-2015-candidate-microblogs-2/ SSP 2015 – candidate microblogs 26 March 2015 7 April 2015 Scottish Socialist Voice The prospect of an electoral alliance between pro-independence partiesspecifically the SNP, the Greens, and the Scottish Socialist Partywas raised after the referendum and supported by elected SNP politicians,http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/three-snp-msps-say-lets-fight-election-as-yes-alliance.25379994 Three SNP MSPs say: Let's fight election as 'Yes Alliance' 20 September 2014 6 November 2014 but played down by Green co-convenor Patrick Harvie, who said party members did not want their "distinctive Green perspective" to be lost.http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/greens-play-down-joint-yes-election-bid.25629373 Greens play down joint Yes election bid 19 October 2014 6 November 2014 The SSP supported negotiations for a formal alliance until late in 2014.https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/57641 Scotland: Spirited socialist conference tackles post-referendum challenges 1 November 2014 6 November 2014http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-284b-SSP-gives-up-on-SNP-electoral-alliance SSP gives up on SNP electoral alliance 8 December 2014 9 December 2014 Morning Star https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114802/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-284b-SSP-gives-up-on-SNP-electoral-alliance 22 December 2015 dead Campaign events 31 March – The first official day of the election campaign got under way, with the Scottish Greens becoming the first party to launch their manifesto.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32106132 Manifesto launch: Scottish Green Party unveils 'bold vision' BBC News 30 March 2015http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-greens-launch-election-manifesto-1-3732989 Scottish Greens launch election manifesto scotsman.com 7 April – First TV debate was broadcast on STVhttp://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/debates/ Scotland Decides - Scottish independence referendum debates - STV STV Scotland Decides 7 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150411030220/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/debates/ 11 April 2015 dead 8 April – Second TV debate was broadcast on BBC Scotland, with UKIP and the Scottish Greens included. 10 April – Ed Miliband visits Edinburgh, claiming the SNP's aim to have full control of tax in Scotland would create a £7.6bn financial "black hole".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32249753 Election 2015: Labour and SNP in tax 'black hole' row BBC News 10 April 2015http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband-hits-campaign-trail-5491356 Ed Miliband hits campaign trail in Edinburgh with Labour leader claiming SNP will 'sell Scotland short' Record Reporter 10 April 2015 dailyrecord 12 April – Third TV debate was broadcast on BBC Scotland, between the four main parties. The debate was criticised, with many of the public claiming it was a "Rammy".http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/tv-debate-its-a-rammy-at-the-bbc.122981944 TV debate: It's a rammy at the BBC Herald Scotland 13 April 2015 Cramb Auslan Nicola Sturgeon refuses to rule out second referendum in lifetime of next UK parliament https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11530879/Nicola-Sturgeon-refuses-to-rule-out-second-referendum-in-lifetime-of-next-UK-parliament.html The Daily Telegraph 12 April 2015 21 April – John Major entered into the row, and repeated claims by David Cameron that an Labour-SNP government would be a "recipe for mayhem" and entering blackmail.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32394684 Election 2015: Sir John Major warns of Labour-SNP deal BBC News 21 April 2015 A number of former Conservative ministers entered into the debate claiming deep unease about the rhetoric. Lord Tebbit described Cameron's repeated warnings about the SNP as "puzzling" and "pointless", and might even push Scots to vote tactically for Labour.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/apr/21/election-2015-live-labour-john-major-blackmail-snp-nicola-sturgeon-ed-miliband Election 2015 live: Tebbit – Cameron's SNP scare tactics risk driving Scottish Tory voters to Labour Andrew Sparrow The Guardian 21 April 2015 Lord Forsyth claimed it was playing a "short term and dangerous game" which could further threaten the union.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/20/tories-playing-dangerous-game-scotland-lord-forsyth Tories playing dangerous game in Scotland, says Conservative peer Nicholas Watt The Guardian 20 April 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32390121 Election 2015: Labour v Tories row over SNP intensifies BBC News 21 April 2015https://www.ft.com/content/3e887200-e799-11e4-8e3f-00144feab7de Tory grandees at odds over tactics on SNP Financial Times Ed Miliband rejected the claims, while Nicola Sturgeon labelled Sir John's comments as "Silly over the top and an affront to democracy".http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/317878-former-prime-minister-sir-john-major-on-labour-snp-general-election/ Former Prime Minister Sir John Major on Labour SNP general election - Scotland Decides STV Scotland Decides 21 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091858/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/317878-former-prime-minister-sir-john-major-on-labour-snp-general-election/ 18 May 2015 dead 4 May – Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and comedian Eddie Izzard were heckled by opponents while campaigning in Glasgow city centre, with the scene descending into scuffles. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon condemned the scenes but said they had "nothing to do with the SNP".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32581803 Election 2015: Scuffles as Jim Murphy campaigns BBC News 4 May 2015http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/comedian-eddie-izzard-slams-violent-5634274 Comedian Eddie Izzard slams violent nationalist protestors following ugly scenes as he joined Jim Murphy in Glasgow Press Association 4 May 2015 dailyrecordhttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/04/eddie-izzard-jim-murphy-glasgow-rally_n_7203100.htmJuly 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/319365-eddie-izzard-and-jim-murphy-labour-rally-cut-short-amid-angry-scenes/ Eddie Izzard and Jim Murphy Labour rally cut short amid angry scenes - Scotland Decides STV Scotland Decides 5 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150506204624/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/319365-eddie-izzard-and-jim-murphy-labour-rally-cut-short-amid-angry-scenes/ 6 May 2015 dead The following day the SNP placed two members under "administrative suspension".http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/pictured-nicola-sturgeon-organiser-glasgow-5640372 Pictured with Nicola Sturgeon: The organiser of the Glasgow protest which First Minister said was 'nothing to do with the SNP' David Clegg 5 May 2015 dailyrecordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-scotland-32595499 Election 2015: SNP suspends two members after Murphy demo BBC News 5 May 2015 Television debates As in 2010, there were televised debates ahead of the election, featuring the leaders of the four main Scottish parties.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29598141 BBC invites Scottish party leaders to general election debate 13 October 2014 6 November 2014 The first debate was broadcast on STV on 7 April. The second debate was held on BBC One Scotland on 8 April with additional representatives from the Scottish Greens and UKIP. A follow-up date a few days later took place on Sunday Politics Scotland, The debate was criticised, with many of the public claiming it was a "shambles". The last debate took place on 3 May.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32036630 Election 2015: BBC Scotland unveils party leader debate plans BBC News 24 March 2015http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scots-leaders-debate-labour-won-t-consult-snp-1-3762220 Scots leaders' debate: Labour 'won't consult SNP' scotsman.comhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/analysis-a-tetchy-tv-debate-between-four-tired-leaders.125023457 Analysis: A tetchy TV debate between four tired leaders Herald Scotland 3 May 2015 DateOrganisersVenueViewing figuresblack #90ff90  P  Present  black #D0F0C0  S  Standing-in  black #A2B2C2  NI  Not invited  black #ff9090  A  Absent  black #5FC  I  Invited  ConLabSNPLDGreenUKIP7 AprilSTVEdinburgh PDavidson PMurphy PSturgeon PRennieNINI8 AprilBBC ScotlandAberdeen PDavidson PMurphy PSturgeon PRennie PHarvie PCoburn12 AprilBBC (Sunday Politics Scotland)Glasgow PDavidson PMurphy PSturgeon PRennieNINI3 MayBBC ScotlandEdinburgh PDavidson PMurphy PSturgeon PRennieNINI The leaders from each of the main parties are: Scottish Labour – Jim Murphy Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party – Ruth Davidson Scottish Liberal Democrats – Willie Rennie Scottish National Party – Nicola Sturgeon Opinion polling Sub-national opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election#Scotland Results +Partyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/election/2015/results/scotland Scotland Results BBC NewsSeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Difference Scottish National Party 56 50 0 50 94.9 1,454,436 50.0 30.1 Labour Party (UK) 1 0 40 40 1.7 707,147 24.3 17.7 Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 0 1.7 434,097 14.9 1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 10 10 1.7 219,675 7.5 11.3 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 — 47,078 1.6 0.9 Scottish Green Party 0 0 0 — 39,205 1.3 0.7 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 — 2,455 0.1 Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 0 colspan=3 New — 1,807 0.1 New Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 — 1,720 0.1 Scottish Christian Party 0 0 0 — 1,467 0.1   Others 0 0 0 — 1,378 0.5 Total 59 2,910,465 71.1 7.3 Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 49.97 Labour Scottish Labour 24.30 Conservative Scottish Conservative Party 14.92 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 7.55 UKIP UK Independence Party 1.62 Greens Scottish Greens 1.35 Other #777777 0.40 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 94.92 Labour Scottish Labour 1.69 Conservative Scottish Conservatives 1.69 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 1.69 List of constituencies by party 2015 UK General Election (Scottish Westminster Constituencies) Labour Party (UK) Edinburgh South Liberal Democrats (UK) Orkney and Shetland Scottish National Party * Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie and Shotts Angus Argyll and Bute Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Banff and Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell and Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire and Arran North East Fife Ochil and South Perthshire Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Perth and North Perthshire Ross, Skye and Lochaber Rutherglen and Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine West Dunbartonshire Conservative Party (UK) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Target seats Labour Party RankConstituencyWinning party 2010Swing RequiredLabour's place 2010Result1Dundee East Scottish National Party2.27%2nd SNP hold2East Dunbartonshire Scottish Liberal Democrats2.28%2nd SNP gain3Edinburgh West Scottish Liberal Democrats4.09%2nd SNP gain4Argyll and Bute Scottish Liberal Democrats4.47%3rd SNP gain5Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scottish Conservatives4.57%2nd Con. hold Liberal Democrats RankConstituencyWinning party 2010Swing RequiredLiberal Democrat's place 2010Result1Edinburgh South Scottish Labour0.36%2nd Lab. hold2Edinburgh North and Leith Scottish Labour1.82%2nd SNP gain3Aberdeen South Scottish Labour4.07%2nd SNP gain4Dunfermline and West Fife Scottish Labour5.58%2nd SNP gain5Glasgow North Scottish Labour6.58%2nd SNP gain Scottish National Party Rank http://www.scotlandvotes.com/westminster/battleground-seats Battleground Seats scotlandvotes.com 19 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111405/http://www.scotlandvotes.com/westminster/battleground-seats 27 April 2015 deadConstituency Winning party 2010Swing RequiredSNP's place 2010Result1Ochil and South Perthshire Scottish Labour5.14%2nd SNP gain2Argyll and Bute Scottish Liberal Democrats6.37%4th SNP gain3Gordon Scottish Liberal Democrats6.92%2nd SNP gain4Falkirk Scottish Labour4.53%2nd SNP gain5Dundee West Scottish Labour9.80%2nd SNP gain Conservative Party Rank Constituency Winning party 2010Swing RequiredConservative's place 2010Result1Argyll and Bute Scottish Liberal Democrats3.79%2nd SNP gain2West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scottish Liberal Democrats4.07%2nd SNP gain3Angus Scottish National Party4.32%2nd SNP hold4Perth and North Perthshire Scottish National Party4.53%2nd SNP hold5Banff and Buchan Scottish National Party5.23%2nd SNP hold Individual MPs List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2015–2017) Re-elected MPs Of the 59 sitting MPs from Scotland at the dissolution of Parliament, 52 stood for re-election, but only 9 were successful: Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat), Orkney and Shetland Stewart Hosie (SNP), Dundee East Angus MacNeil (SNP), Na h-Eileanan an Iar David Mundell (Conservative), Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Ian Murray (Labour), Edinburgh South Angus Robertson (SNP), Moray Mike Weir (SNP), Angus Eilidh Whiteford (SNP), Banff and Buchan Pete Wishart (SNP), Perth and North Perthshire Other notable MPs Alex Salmond (SNP) won Gordon, making him the only former Scottish MP in this election to return to Parliament following a break. He previously served as MP for Banff and Buchan from 1987 to 2010, and therefore had the longest total service of any Scottish MP returned at the 2015 election. Mhairi Black (SNP) won Paisley and Renfrewshire South at the age of 20, making her the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832. See also 2015 United Kingdom general election in England 2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 2015 United Kingdom general election in Wales References 30em collapsed #Scotland United Kingdom General Election Results In Scotland, 2015 Category:2010s elections in Scotland 2015