1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none June 2022 August 2012 1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Scotland parliamentary no 1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1987 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1987 1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1997 All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1992 9 April 1992 75.5% ( 0.4%) Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Neil Kinnock 2 October 1983 Labour Party (UK) Islwyn 50 49 1 1,142,911 39.0% 3.4 pp John Major Feb. 1993.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Major 28 November 1990 Conservative Party (UK) Huntingdon 10 11 1 751,950 25.6% 1.6 pp ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg 127 120 160 0 0 Paddy Ashdown 16 July 1988 Liberal Democrats (UK) Yeovil 9 9 383,856 13.1% 6.1 pp Alex Salmond 1999 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Alex Salmond 22 September 1990 Scottish National Party Banff and Buchan 629,564 21.5% 7.4 pp 3 3 United Kingdom General Election 1992 in Scotland.svg On Thursday 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, with 72 constituencies being in Scotland. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1992 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 25 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/41 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 53 Affiliation Candidates Labour Party 72 Conservative and Unionist Party 72 Liberal Democrats 72 Scottish National Party 72Scottish Green Party 19 Natural Law Party 19 Others 15Total 341 Analysis Two Scottish seats changed parties during the election; Aberdeen South and Kincardine and Deeside. Both seats were gained by the Conservatives. Kincardine and Deeside had been lost by the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats in the last by-election of the parliament.https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/scot.1992.0005 The 1992 general election in Scotland John Bochel David Denver 1 November 1992 Scottish Affairs 1 (First Series) 1 14–26 Edinburgh University Press Journals 10.3366/scot.1992.0005 1842/9159 free subscription The results of the 1992 election were largely unexpected, and nowhere more-so than in Scotland. Conservative results in Scottish local elections since the 1987 election had been largely poor, and the Conservatives had sunk as low as 15% in a March 1990 opinion poll by the Herald. Polling throughout the campaign had suggested little movement towards the Conservatives, and instead support for Scottish independence appeared to be rising. Local polls in individual constituencies had even suggested that the Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Lang would lose his seat of Galloway and Upper Nithsdale to the SNP and that Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth would lose Stirling to Labour. Most surprising was the difference between the Scottish results and the wider UK results. The tendency had historically been for larger swings to Labour in Scotland where there was a national swing to Labour. In 1992 the wider swing in the UK was from the Conservatives to Labour, yet Scotland saw a swing from Labour to the Conservatives. This was the last election until 2017 in which the Conservatives were the second largest party in Scotland (in the election held 25 years later, the Scottish Conservatives were the beneficiaries of a much larger swing against the trend elsewhere in the UK). Results summary +PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 53 2006SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 49 0 1 1 68.1 1,142,911 39.0 3.4 Conservative Party (UK) 11 1 0 1 15.3 751,950 25.6 1.6 Scottish National Party 3 0 0 4.2 629,564 21.5 7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) 9 0 0 12.5 383,856 13.1 6.1 Scottish Green Party 0 0 0 — 8,391 0.3 0.1 Natural Law Party 0 colspan=3 New — 2,095 0.1 New   Others 0 0 0 — 12,931 0.4 Total 72 0 100.0 2,931,698 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 75.5https://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 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 91 0.4 Votes and seats summary Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 39.0 Conservative Scottish Conservative Party 25.6 SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 21.5 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 13.1 Other #777777 0.80 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 68.1 Conservative Scottish Conservative Party 15.3 Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats 12.5 SNP Scottish National Party darkgray 4.2 See also 1992 United Kingdom general election in England 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1992–1997) References collapsed Category:1992 in Scotland Category:1990s elections in Scotland 1992 #Scotland