List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959) explained

Country:	Scotland
Previous Election:	(1951–1955)
Previous Year:	(1951–1955)
Map Size:	400px
Election Name:	List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)
Type:	Parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	(1959–1964)
Next Year:	(1959–1964)

This is a list of the 71 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Forty-first parliament of the United Kingdom (1955–1959) at the 1955 United Kingdom general election.^[1]

As of 2024, this 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.^[2]

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Unionist Party	36
	Labour Party	34
	National Liberal	6
	Liberal	1

List

Constituency	MP	Party		Notes
Aberdeen North	Hector Hughes^[3]		Labour Party
Aberdeen South	Priscilla Buchan^[4]		Unionist Party
Aberdeenshire East	Robert Boothby^[5]		Unionist Party	Elevated to a life peerage
	Patrick Wolrige-Gordon^[6]		Unionist Party	Elected in the 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election^[7]
Aberdeenshire West	Henry Spence^[8]		Unionist Party
Angus North and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley^[9]		National Liberal
Angus South	Sir James Duncan^[10]		Unionist Party
Argyll	Duncan McCallum^[11]		Unionist Party	Died in 1958
	Michael Noble^[12]		Unionist Party	Elected in the 1958 Argyll by-election^[13]
Ayr	Thomas Moore^[14]		Unionist Party
Ayrshire Central	Douglas Spencer-Nairn^[15]		Unionist Party
Ayrshire North and Bute	Charles MacAndrew^[16]		Unionist Party
Ayrshire South	Emrys Hughes^[17]		Labour Party
Banffshire	William Duthie^[18]		Unionist Party
Berwick and East Lothian	Antony Lambton^[19]		Unionist Party
Bothwell	John Timmons^[20]		Labour Party
Caithness and Sutherland	David Robertson^[21]		Unionist Party
Coatbridge and Airdrie	Jean Mann^[22]		Labour Party
Dumfriesshire	Niall Macpherson^[23]		National Liberal
Dunbartonshire East	Cyril Bence^[24]		Labour Party
Dunbartonshire West	Tom Steele^[25]		Labour Party
Dundee East	George Thomson^[26]		Labour Party
Dundee West	John Strachey^[27]		Labour Party
Dunfermline Burghs	James Clunie^[28]		Labour Party
Edinburgh Central	Thomas Oswald^[29]		Labour Party
Edinburgh East	George Willis^[30]		Labour Party
Edinburgh Leith	James Hoy^[31]		Labour Party
Edinburgh North	William Rankine Milligan^[32]		Unionist Party
Edinburgh Pentlands	John Hope^[33]		Unionist Party
Edinburgh South	William Darling^[34]		Unionist Party	Resigned in 1957
	Michael Hutchison^[35]		Unionist Party	1957 Edinburgh South by-election
Edinburgh West	Ian Clark Hutchison^[36]		Unionist Party
Fife East	James Henderson-Stewart^[37]		National Liberal
Fife West	Willie Hamilton^[38]		Unionist Party
Galloway	John Mackie^[39]		Unionist Party	Died in 1959
	John Brewis^[40]		Unionist Party	Elected in the 1959 Galloway by-election
Glasgow Bridgeton	James Carmichael^[41]		Labour Party
Glasgow Cathcart	John Henderson^[42]		Unionist Party
Glasgow Central	James McInnes^[43]		Labour Party
Glasgow Craigton	Jack Browne^[44]		Unionist Party
Glasgow Gorbals	Alice Cullen^[45]		Labour Party
Glasgow Govan	John Rankin^[46]		Labour Party
Glasgow Hillhead	Tam Galbraith^[47]		Unionist Party
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Walter Elliot^[48]		Unionist Party	Died in 1958
	Mary McAlister^[49]		Labour Party	Elected in the 1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election
Glasgow Maryhill	William Hannan^[50]		Labour Party
Glasgow Pollok	John George^[51]		Unionist Party
Glasgow Provan	William Reid^[52]		Labour Party
Glasgow Scotstoun	James Hutchison^[53]		Unionist Party
Glasgow Shettleston	John McGovern^[54]		Labour Party
Glasgow Springburn	John Forman^[55]		Labour Party
Glasgow Woodside	William Grant^[56]		Unionist Party
Greenock	Hector McNeil^[57]		Labour Party	Died in 1955
	Dickson Mabon^[58]		Labour Party	Elected in the 1955 Greenock by-election
Hamilton	Tom Fraser^[59]		Labour Party
Inverness	Neil (Billy) McLean^[60]		Unionist Party
Kilmarnock	William Ross^[61]		Labour Party
Kinross and Western Perthshire	Gilmour Leburn^[62]		Unionist Party
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Thomas Hubbard^[63]		Labour Party
Lanark	Patrick Maitland^[64]		Unionist Party
Lanarkshire North	Peggy Herbison^[65]		Labour Party
Midlothian	David Pryde^[66]		Labour Party
Moray and Nairn	James Stuart^[67]		Unionist Party
Motherwell	George Lawson^[68]		Labour Party
Orkney and Shetland	Jo Grimond^[69]		Liberal
Paisley	Douglas Johnston^[70]		Labour Party
Perth and East Perthshire	Alan Gomme-Duncan^[71]		Unionist Party
Renfrewshire East	Guy Lloyd^[72]		Unionist Party
Renfrewshire West	John Maclay^[73]		National Liberal
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod^[74]		National Liberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles	Charles Donaldson^[75]		Unionist Party
Rutherglen	Richard Brooman-White^[76]		Unionist Party
Stirling and Falkirk	Malcolm MacPherson^[77]		Labour Party
Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan	Arthur Woodburn^[78]		Labour Party
Stirlingshire West	Alfred Balfour^[79]		Labour Party
West Lothian	John Taylor^[80]		Labour Party
Western Isles	Malcolm Macmillan^[81]		Labour Party

References

1. News: 1955-05-27 . 1955: Election victory for Tories under Eden . 2024-02-17 . en-GB.
2. News: Devine . Tom . 2014-09-14 . How history turned against Tory-voting Scotland . 2024-02-17 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
3. Web site: Mr Hector Hughes (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
4. Web site: Lady Grant of Monymusk (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
5. Web site: Mr Robert Boothby (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
6. Web site: Mr Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
7. News: 11 Nov 1958 . Undergraduate Stands for Parliament . subscription . 29 May 2023 . . Birmingham . 24 . en.
8. Web site: Major Henry Spence (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
9. Web site: Mr Colin Thornton-Kemsley (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
10. Web site: Captain James Duncan (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
11. Web site: Major Sir Duncan McCallum (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
12. Web site: Mr Michael Noble (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
13. News: 17 June 1981 . CONSERVATIVE SUCCESS. Labour Foot of the Poll . 6 November 2021 . The Glasgow Herald . 7.
14. Web site: Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
15. Web site: Mr Douglas Spencer-Nairn (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
16. Web site: Sir Charles MacAndrew (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
17. Web site: Mr Emrys Hughes (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
18. Web site: Sir William Duthie (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
19. Web site: Viscount Lambton (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
20. Web site: Mr John Timmons (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
21. Web site: Mr David Robertson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
22. Web site: Mrs Jean Mann (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
23. Web site: Mr Niall Macpherson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
24. Web site: Mr Cyril Bence (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
25. Web site: Mr Thomas Steele (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
26. Web site: Mr George Thomson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
27. Web site: Mr Evelyn Strachey (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
28. Web site: Mr James Clunie (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
29. Web site: Mr Thomas Oswald (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
30. Web site: Mr Eustace George Willis (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
31. Web site: Mr James Hoy (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
32. Web site: Mr William Milligan (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
33. Web site: Lord John Hope (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
34. Web site: Sir William Darling (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
35. Web site: Mr Michael Hutchison (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
36. Web site: Lieut-Colonel Sir George Hutchison (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
37. Web site: Sir James Henderson-Stewart (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
38. Web site: Mr Willie Hamilton (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
39. Web site: Mr John Mackie (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
40. Web site: Mr Henry Brewis (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
41. Web site: Mr James Carmichael (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
42. Web site: Sir John Henderson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
43. Web site: Mr James McInnes (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
44. Web site: Mr Jack Browne (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
45. Web site: Alice Cullen (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
46. Web site: Mr Jon Rankin (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
47. Web site: Hon. Thomas Galbraith (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
48. Web site: Mr Walter Elliot (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
49. Web site: Mrs Mary McAlister (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
50. Web site: Mr William Hannan (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
51. Web site: Sir John George (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
52. Web site: Mr William Reid (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
53. Web site: Mr James Hutchison (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
54. Web site: Mr John McGovern (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
55. Web site: Mr John Forman (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
56. Web site: Mr William Grant (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
57. Web site: Mr Hector McNeill (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
58. Web site: Dr Dickson Mabon (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
59. Web site: Mr Thomas Fraser (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
60. Web site: Mr Neil Maclean (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
61. Web site: Mr William Ross (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
62. Web site: Mr Gilmour Leburn (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
63. Web site: Mr Thomas Hubbard (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
64. Web site: Hon. Patrick Maitland (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
65. Web site: Miss Peggy Herbison (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
66. Web site: Mr David Pryde (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
67. Web site: Mr James Stuart (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
68. Web site: Mr George Lawson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
69. Web site: Mr Jo Grimond (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
70. Web site: Mr Douglas Johnston (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
71. Web site: Colonel Sir Alan Gomme-Duncan (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
72. Web site: Major Guy Lloyd (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
73. Web site: Hon. John Maclay (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
74. Web site: Sir John Macleod (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
75. Web site: Commander Charles Donaldson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
76. Web site: Mr Richard Brooman-White (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
77. Web site: Mr Malcolm Macpherson (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
78. Web site: Mr Arthur Woodburn (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
79. Web site: Mr Alfred Balfour (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
80. Web site: Mr John Taylor (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.
81. Web site: Mr Malcolm Macmillan (Hansard) . 2024-02-17 . api.parliament.uk.

See also

• List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2019–present)