1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none November 2024 November 2024 1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 26 May 1955 Scotland parliamentary no 1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1951 List of MPs elected in the 1951 United Kingdom general election 1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1959 All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959) 75.1% (1.2 pp) Georges Bidault, Anthony Eden and John Foster Dulles (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Anthony Eden 7 April 1955 Unionist Party (Scotland) Conservative Warwick andLeamington 35 seats, 48.6% 36efn1 The seat and vote count figures for the Unionists given here include the National Liberals 1 1,273,942 50.1% 1.5 pp Clement Attlee (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Clement Attlee 25 October 1935 Labour Party (UK) Walthamstow West 35 seats, 47.9% 34 1 1,188,058 46.7% 1.2 pp Clement Davies (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Clement Davies 2 August 1945 Scottish Liberal Party Liberal Montgomeryshire 1 seat, 2.7% 1 47,273 1.9% 0.8 pp File:United Kingdom general election 1955 in Scotland.svg On Thursday 26 May 1955, the 1955 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 630 seats of the House of Commons, with 71 constituencies being in Scotland.Commons results report https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m07.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032602/https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m07.pdf 12 November 2020 British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 38 The election was the first of 18 general elections held under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the fifth and the last election in which the Labour Party was led by Clement Attlee, and the first general election for which television coverage remains in existence. It was the first election under the first periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the first review following the Initial Review of Westminster constituencies. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1951 general election in Scotland.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 23 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/31 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026 Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 71Unionist Party 59National Liberal Party 12Liberal Party 5Communist Party of Great Britain 5Scottish National Party 2Independent Liberal 1Candidate Andrew Murray stood in Edinburgh Leith.Independent Labour Party 1Candidate George Stone stood in Glasgow Bridgeton.Total 156 Analysis The election is often cited as the only time since the Second World War that one party has achieved a majority of the Scottish vote, and the last election at which the Conservative and Unionist Party returned a majority vote from Scotland: candidates supporting the Conservative government of Anthony Eden received 50.1% of the vote and 36 of Scotland's 71 seats at Westminster.Torrance David 'Standing up for Scotland': The Scottish Unionist Party and 'nationalist unionism', 1912–68 Scottish Affairs Edinburgh University Press April 2018 27 2 10.3366/scot.2018.0235 179 Six of the government's MPs were returned that year under the label of National Liberal and Conservatives, with the remainder being returned under the Unionist label under the national affiliation with the Conservative Party. The election predated the 1965 merger of the Unionists and Conservatives by a decade, whilst the National Liberals did not formally join with the Conservatives until 1967.https://liberalhistory.org.uk/history/the-liberal-nationals/ The Liberal Nationals Journal of Liberal History 16 August 2026 Nonetheless as of 1955 all three parties remained separate entities, albeit closely associated. The National Liberal Party retained its seats of Dumfriesshire, East Fife, South Angus, North Angus and Mearns, West Renfrewshire and Ross and Cromarty. Labour lost Central Ayrshire to the Unionist Party, but gained Glasgow Govan. The Unionist Party also won the newly created constituency of Glasgow Craigton, which was nominally held by Labour. Jo Grimond of the Liberal Party retained his very safe seat of Orkney and Shetland. Grimond would go onto become the leader of the Liberal Party the following year. Results +PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)   Unionist (Total)36 2 1 1 50.7 1,273,942 50.1 1.5   Unionist 30 2 1 1 42.3 1,056,209 41.5 1.6   National Liberal 6 0 0 8.4 217,733 8.6 0.1   Labour Party 34 1 2 1 47.9 1,188,058 46.7 1.2   Liberal 1 0 0 1.4 47,273 1.9 0.8   Communist 0 0 0 — 13,195 0.5 0.1   SNP 0 0 0 — 12,112 0.5 0.2   Independent Liberal 0 colspan=3 Did not stand in 1951 — 6,055 0.2   Ind. Labour Party 0 0 0 — 2,619 0.1 Total 71 100.0 2,543,254 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 3,387,536 75.1https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 6.1 Popular voteefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 50.1 Labour Scottish Labour Party 46.7 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 1.9 Other #777777 1.3 Parliamentary seatsefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 50.70 Labour Scottish Labour Party 47.88 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party darkgray 1.41 See also 1955 United Kingdom general election in England 1955 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1955 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959) Notes References Politics Scotland United Kingdom Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:General elections in Scotland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1955 in Scotland Category:1955 United Kingdom general election