| Election Name: | 1955 United Kingdom general election |
| Election Date: | 26 May 1955 |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Previous Year: | 1951 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1951 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Election: | 1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
| Seats For Election: | All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959) |
| Leader1: | Anthony Eden |
| Party1: | Unionist Party (Scotland) |
| Last Election1: | 35 seats, 48.6% |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,273,942 |
| Percentage1: | 50.1 |
| Swing1: | 1.5% |
| Leader2: | Clement Attlee |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour |
| Last Election2: | 35 seats, 47.9% |
| Seats2: | 34 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,188,058 |
| Percentage2: | 46.7 |
| Swing2: | 1.2% |
| Leader3: | Clement Davies |
| Party3: | Scottish Liberal Party |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 2.7% |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 47,273 |
| Percentage3: | 1.9% |
| Swing3: | 0.8% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
See main article: 1955 United Kingdom general election.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 26 May 1955 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1] The election brought unparalleled success to the Unionist Party, which gained 50.1% of the vote and 36 of the 71 seats at Westminster.[2] It is often cited as the only time one party has achieved a majority of the Scottish vote, although six of the Unionist MPs were returned that year under the label of "National Liberal". As of 2024 it was the last election in which the Conservative and Unionist Party won the largest number of votes in Scotland and the most seats in the country.[3]
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist (Total) | 36 | 1 | 1,273,942 | 50.1 | 1.5 | |||
| Unionist | 30 | 1 | 1,056,209 | 41.5 | 1.6 | |||
| National Liberal | 6 | 217,733 | 8.6 | 0.1 | ||||
| Labour Party | 34 | 1 | 1,188,058 | 46.7 | 1.2 | |||
| Liberal | 1 | 47,273 | 1.9 | 0.8 | ||||
| Communist | 0 | 13,195 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||
| SNP | 0 | 12,112 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||||
| Other | 0 | 8,674 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||
| Total | 71 | 2,543,254 | 100 | |||||