List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964) explained

Country:Scotland
Previous Election:(1955–1959)
Previous Year:(1955–1959)
Map Size:400px
Election Name:List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Next Election:(1964–1966)
Next Year:(1964–1966)

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-second parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964) at the 1959 United Kingdom general election.[1]

The Conservatives won the largest number of votes in Scotland, but narrowly failed to win the most seats in the country.

Composition

AffiliationMembers
Labour Party38
Unionist Party25
National Liberal6
Liberal1
Independent Conservative1

Members

ConstituencyMPPartyNotes
Aberdeen NorthHector HughesLabour Party
Aberdeen SouthPriscilla BuchanUnionist Party
ArgyllMichael NobleUnionist Party
AyrThomas MooreUnionist Party
BanffshireWilliam DuthieUnionist Party
Berwick and East LothianWilliam Anstruther-GrayUnionist Party
BothwellJohn TimmonsLabour Party
Bute and North AyrshireFitzroy MacleanUnionist Party
Caithness and SutherlandDavid RobertsonIndependent Conservative
Central AyrshireArchie ManuelLabour Party
Clackmannan and East StirlingshireArthur WoodburnLabour Party
Coatbridge and AirdrieJames DempseyLabour Party
DumfriesshireNiall MacphersonNational Liberal
Dundee EastGeorge ThomsonLabour Party
Dundee WestPeter DoigLabour Party
Dunfermline BurghsAlan ThompsonLabour Party
East AberdeenshirePatrick Wolrige-GordonUnionist Party
East DunbartonshireCyril BenceLabour Party
East FifeJames Henderson-StewarNational Liberal
John GilmourUnionist PartyElected in 1961 by-election
East RenfrewshireBetty Harvie AndersonUnionist Party
Edinburgh CentralThomas OswaldLabour Party
Edinburgh EastGeorge WillisLabour Party
Edinburgh LeithJames HoyLabour Party
Edinburgh NorthWilliam MilliganUnionist Party
Lord DalkeithUnionist PartyElected in 1960 by-election
Edinburgh PentlandsJohn HopeUnionist Party
Edinburgh SouthMichael Clark HutchisonUnionist Party
Edinburgh WestAnthony StodartUnionist Party
GallowayJohn BrewisUnionist Party
Glasgow BridgetonJames BennettLabour Party
Glasgow CathcartJohn HendersonUnionist Party
Glasgow CentralJames McInnesLabour Party
Glasgow CraigtonBruce MillanLabour Party
Glasgow GorbalsAlice CullenLabour Party
Glasgow GovanJohn RankinLabour Co-operative
Glasgow HillheadTam GalbraithUnionist Party
Glasgow KelvingroveFrank LilleyUnionist Party
Glasgow MaryhillWillie HannanLabour Party
Glasgow PollokJohn GeorgeUnionist Party
Glasgow ProvanWilliam ReidLabour Party
Glasgow ScotstounWillie SmallLabour Party
Glasgow ShettlestonMyer GalpernLabour Party
Glasgow SpringburnDick BuchananLabour Party
Glasgow WoodsideNeil George CarmichaelLabour Party
GreenockDickson MabonLabour Party
HamiltonTom FraserLabour Party
InvernessNeil McLeanUnionist Party
Kinross and Western PerthshireGilmour LeburnUnionist Party
KilmarnockWillie RossLabour Party
Kirkcaldy BurghsHarry GourlayLabour Party
LanarkJudith HartLabour Party
MidlothianJames HillLabour Party
Moray and NairnGordon CampbellUnionist Party
MotherwellGeorge LawsonLabour Party
North Angus and MearnsColin Thornton-KemsleyNational Liberal
North LanarkshirePeggy HerbisonLabour Party
Orkney and ZetlandJo GrimondLiberal Party
PaisleyDouglas JohnstonLabour Party
John RobertsonLabour PartyElected in 1961 by-election
Perth and East PerthshireIan MacArthurUnionist Party
Ross and CromartyJohn MacLeodNational Liberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and PeeblesCharles DonaldsonUnionist Party
RutherglenRichard Brooman-WhiteUnionist Party
Gregor MackenzieLabour PartyElected in 1964 by-election
South AngusJames DuncanNational Liberal
South AyrshireEmrys HughesLabour Party
Stirling and Falkirk BurghsMalcolm MacPhersonLabour Party
West AberdeenshireForbes HendryUnionist Party
West DunbartonshireTom SteeleLabour Party
West FifeWillie HamiltonLabour Party
West LothianJohn TaylorLabour Party
Tam DalyellLabour PartyElected in 1962 by-election
West RenfrewshireJohn MaclayNational Liberal
West StirlingshireWilliam BaxterLabour Party
Western IslesMalcolm MacmillanLabour Party

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BBC Politics 97 . 2022-07-31 . www.bbc.co.uk.