List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1983–1987) explained

Country:Scotland
Previous Election:(1979–1983)
Previous Year:(1979–1983)
Map Size:400px
Election Name:List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1983–1987)
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Next Election:(1987–1992)
Next Year:(1987–1992)

This is a list of the 72 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Forty-Ninth parliament of the United Kingdom (1983 to 1987) at the 1983 United Kingdom general election.

Composition

AffiliationMembers
Labour Party41
Alliance8
Scottish National Party2
Conservative Party21
 Total72

List

ConstituencyMPPartyNotes
Aberdeen NorthRobert HughesLabour
Aberdeen SouthGerry MaloneConservative
Argyll and ButeJohn MackayConservative
AyrGeorge YoungerConservative
Banff and BuchanAlbert McQuarrieConservative
Caithness and SutherlandRobert MaclennanAlliance (SDP)
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyGeorge FoulkesLabour Co-operative
Central FifeWillie HamiltonLabour
ClackmannanMartin O'NeillLabour
Clydebank and MilngavieHugh McCartneyLabour
ClydesdaleJudith HartLabour
Cumbernauld and KilsythNorman HoggLabour
Cunninghame NorthJohn CorrieConservative
Cunninghame SouthDavid LambieLabour
DumbartonIan CampbellLabour
DumfriesHector MonroConservative
Dundee EastGordon WilsonSNP
Dundee WestErnie RossLabour
Dunfermline EastGordon BrownLabour
Dunfermline WestDick DouglasLabour Co-operative
East AngusPeter FraserConservative
East KilbrideMaurice MillerLabour
East LothianJohn Home RobertsonLabour
EastwoodAllan StewartConservative
Edinburgh CentralAlex FletcherConservative
Edinburgh EastGavin StrangLabour
Edinburgh LeithRon BrownLabour
Edinburgh PentlandsMalcolm RifkindConservative
Edinburgh SouthMichael AncramConservative
Edinburgh WestJames Douglas-HamiltonConservative
Falkirk EastHarry EwingLabour
Falkirk WestDennis CanavanLabour
Galloway and Upper NithsdaleIan LangConservative
Glasgow CathcartJohn MaxtonLabour
Glasgow CentralBob MctaggartLabour
Glasgow GarscaddenDonald DewarLabour
Glasgow GovanBruce MillanLabour
Glasgow HillheadRoy JenkinsAlliance (SDP)
Glasgow MaryhillJim CraigenLabour Co-operative
Glasgow PollokJames WhiteLabour
Glasgow ProvanHugh BrownLabour
Glasgow RutherglenGregor MackenzieLabour
Glasgow ShettlestonDavid MarshallLabour
Glasgow, SpringburnMichael MartinLabour
GordonMalcolm BruceAlliance (Liberal)
Greenock and Port GlasgowNorman GodmanLabour
HamiltonGeorge RobertsonLabour
Inverness, Nairn and LochaberRussell JohnstonAlliance (Liberal)
Kilmarnock and LoudounWillie McKelveyLabour
Kincardine and DeesideAlick Buchanan-SmithConservative
KirkcaldyHarry GourleyLabour
LinlithgowSir Tam DalyellLabour
LivingstonRobin CookLabour
MidlothianAlex EadieLabour
Monklands EastJohn SmithLabour
Monklands WestTom ClarkeLabour
MorayAlex PollockConservative
Motherwell NorthJimmy HamiltonLabour
Motherwell SouthJeremy BrayLabour
North East FifeBarry HendersonConservative
North TaysideBill WalkerConservative
Orkney and ShetlandJim WallaceAlliance (Liberal)
Paisley NorthAllen AdamsLabour
Paisley SouthNorman BuchanLabour
Perth and KinrossNicholas FairbairnConservative
Renfrew West and InverclydeAnna McCurleyConservative
Ross, Cromarty and SkyeCharles KennedyAlliance (SDP)
Roxburgh and BerwickshireArchy KirkwoodAlliance (Liberal)
StirlingMichael ForsythConservative
Strathkelvin and BearsdenMichael HirstConservative
Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleDavid SteelAlliance (Liberal)
Western IslesDonald StewartSNP

See also