1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

none September 2021 September 2021 1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 8 October 1959 Scotland parliamentary no 1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1955 List of MPs elected in the 1955 United Kingdom general election 1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1964 All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964) 78.1% (3.0 pp) Hugh Gaitskell crop.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Hugh Gaitskell 14 December 1955 Labour Party (UK) Leeds South 34 seats, 46.7% 38 4 1,245,255 46.7% Harold Macmillan (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957 Unionist Party (Scotland) Conservative Bromley 36 seats, 50.1% 31efn1 The seat and vote count figures for the Unionists given here include the National Liberals 5 1,260,287 47.3% 2.8 pp Jo Grimond in 1963 (3x4 crop).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jo Grimond 5 November 1956 Scottish Liberal Party Liberal Orkney and Shetland 1 seat, 1.9% 1 108,963 4.1% 2.1 pp File:United Kingdom general election 1959 in Scotland.svg On 8 October 1959, the 1959 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 39 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/32 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026 Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 71Unionist Party 59Liberal Party 16National Liberal Party 11Communist Party of Great Britain 6Scottish National Party 5Independent Unionist 1Candidate David Robertson stood in Caithness and Sutherland.Fife Socialist League 1Candidate Lawrence Daly stood in West Fife.Independent 1Candidate David Murray stood in Motherwell.Independent Labour Party 1Candidate William Park stood in Glasgow Kelvingrove.Total 172 Analysis The Unionists, who were in a national affiliation with the Conservative Party, together with their allies the National Liberal Party, won the largest number of votes, but lost out in seats to the Labour Party. Across the UK as a whole, the Conservatives won 365 seats, and returned as government with a majority of 100 seats. In Scotland, the Unionists lost Ayrshire Central, Glasgow Craigton, Glasgow Scotstoun and Lanark to the Labour Party. It also lost Caithness and Sutherland to Independent Unionist David Robertson. Robertson had been initially elected as a member of the Unionist Party in 1950, however, stood as an independent unionists following his resignation from the party whip in 1959."Sir D. Robertson Resigns Whip", The Times, 31 January 1959. Robertson was not opposed by an official Unionist candidate."Conservatives Not Likely To Oppose Sir D. Robertson", The Times, 10 September 1959. The National Liberal Party retained its seats of Dumfriesshire, East Fife, South Angus, North Angus and Mearns, West Renfrewshire and Ross and Cromarty. The Unionists therefore lost an overall of five seats in Scotland. The Labour Party correspondingly won four seats, becoming the largest party in Scotland by seats. Jo Grimond, now party leader for the Liberals, was returned as his party's only MP, representing Orkney and Shetland. 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 (%)   Labour Party 38 4 0 4 53.5 1,245,255 46.7   Unionist (Total) 31 0 5 5 43.7 1,260,287 47.3 2.8 Unionist Party (Scotland) 25 0 5 5 35.2 1,060,609 39.8 1.7 National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) 6 0 0 8.5 199,678 7.5 1.1   Liberal 1 0 0 0.0 108,963 4.1 2.1   Independent Unionist 1David Robertson in Caithness and Sutherland. colspan=2 Did not stand in 1955 1 1.4 12,163 0.5   SNP 0 0 0 — 21,738 0.8 0.3   Communist 0 0 0 — 12,150 0.5   Fife Socialist League 0 colspan=3 New — 4,886 0.2 New   Independent 0 colspan=3 Did not stand in 1955 — 1,331 0.1   Ind. Labour Party 0 0 0 — 740 0.0 0.1 Total 71 0 100.0 2,667,513 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 3,413,732 78.1https://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 3.0 Popular voteefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 47.25 Labour Labour Party (UK) 46.68 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 4.08 Other #777777 1.99 Parliamentary seatsefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 53.52 Unionist Unionist Party (Scotland) 43.66 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party darkgray 1.41 Ind. Unionist Independent Unionist darkgray 1.41 See also 1959 United Kingdom general election in England 1959 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1959 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964) Notes References Politics Scotland United Kingdom Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:General elections in Scotland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1959 in Scotland Category:1959 United Kingdom general election