List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974) explained

Country:Scotland
Previous Election:(1966-1970)
Previous Year:(1966–1970)
Map Size:400px
Election Name:List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974)
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Next Election:(Feb. 1974–Oct. 1974)
Next Year:(Feb. 1974–Oct. 1974)

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-fifth parliament of the United Kingdom (1970 to Feb. 1974) at the 1970 United Kingdom general election.

Composition

AffiliationMembers
Labour Party44
Conservative Party23
Liberal3
Scottish National Party1
 Total71

List

ConstituencyMPPartyNotes
Aberdeen NorthRobert HughesLabour[1]
Aberdeen SouthIain SproatConservative[2]
East AberdeenshirePatrick Wolrige-GordonConservative[3]
West AberdeenshireColin MitchellConservative[4]
Dundee EastGeorge ThomsonLabour1973 by-election[5]
Dundee WestPeter DoigLabour[6]
North Angus and MearnsAlick Buchanan-SmithConservative
South AngusJock Bruce-GardyneConservative
ArgyllMichael NobleConservative
AyrGeorge YoungerConservative
Bute and North AyrshireFitzroy MacleanConservative
Central AyrshireDavid LambieLabour
KilmarnockWillie RossLabour
South AyrshireJim SillarsLabour
BanffshireWilfred BakerConservative
Berwick and East LothianJohn MackintoshLabour
Caithness and SutherlandRobert MaclennanLabour
DumfriesshireHector MonroConservative
East DunbartonshireHugh McCartneyLabour
West DunbartonshireIan CampbellLabour
Dunfermline BurghsAdam HunterLabour
Kirkcaldy BurghsHarry GourlayLabour
East FifeJohn GilmourConservative
West FifeWillie HamiltonLabour
InvernessRussell JohnstonLiberal
Ross and CromartyHamish GrayConservative
Western IslesDonald StewartSNP
GallowayJohn BrewisConservative
Coatbridge and AirdrieJames DempseyLabour
Glasgow BridgetonJames BennettLabour
Glasgow CathcartTeddy TaylorConservative
Glasgow CentralThomas McMillanLabour
Glasgow CraigtonBruce MillanLabour
Glasgow GorbalsFrank McElhoneLabour
Glasgow GovanJohn RankinLabour1973 by-election
Glasgow HillheadTam GalbraithConservative
Glasgow KelvingroveMaurice MillerLabour
Glasgow MaryhillWilliam HannanLabour
Glasgow PollokJames WhiteLabour
Glasgow ProvanHugh BrownLabour
Glasgow ScotstounWilliam SmallLabour
Glasgow ShettlestonMyer GalpernLabour
Glasgow SpringburnRichard BuchananLabour
Glasgow WoodsideNeil CarmichaelLabour
BothwellJames HamiltonLabour
HamiltonAlexander WilsonLabour
LanarkJudith HartLabour
MotherwellGeorge LawsonLabour
North LanarkshireJohn SmithLabour
RutherglenGregor MackenzieLabour
Edinburgh CentralTom OswaldLabour
Edinburgh EastGavin StrangLabour
Edinburgh LeithRonald King MurrayLabour
Edinburgh NorthJohn Scott, 9th Duke of BuccleuchConservative1973 by-election
Edinburgh PentlandsNorman WylieConservative
Edinburgh SouthMichael HutchisonConservative
Edinburgh WestAnthony StodartConservative
MidlothianAlex EadieLabour
Moray and NairnGordon CampbellConservative
Orkney and ZetlandJo GrimondLiberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and PeeblesDavid SteelLiberal
Kinross and West PerthshireAlec Douglas-HomeConservative
Perth and East PerthshireIan MacArthurConservative
GreenockDickson MabonLabour
PaisleyJohn RobertsonLabour
East RenfrewshireBetty Harvie AndersonConservative
West RenfrewshireNorman BuchanLabour
Stirling and Falkirk BurghsMalcolm MacPhersonLabour1971 by-election
Clackmannan and East StirlingshireDick DouglasLabour
West StirlingshireWilliam BaxterLabour
West LothianTam DalyellLabour

By-elections

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Robert Hughes (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.
  2. Web site: Mr Iain Sproat (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.
  3. Web site: Mr Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.
  4. Web site: Lieut-Colonel Colin Mitchell (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.
  5. Web site: Mr George Thomson (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.
  6. Web site: Mr Peter Doig (Hansard). 2022-01-31. api.parliament.uk.