| Election Name: | October 1974 United Kingdom general election |
| Seats2: | 16 |
| Popular Vote4: | 839,617 |
| Percentage4: | 30.4% |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Party5: | Scottish Liberal Party |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 7.9% |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Swing4: | 8.5% |
| Image5: | Liberal |
| Leader5: | Jeremy Thorpe |
| Popular Vote5: | 228,855 |
| Swing5: | 0.4% |
| Percentage5: | 8.3% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Popular Vote2: | 681,327 |
| Percentage2: | 24.7% |
| Swing2: | 8.2% |
| Image4: | SNP |
| Leader4: | William Wolfe |
| Leader Since4: | 1 June 1969 |
| Party4: | Scottish National Party |
| Last Election4: | 7 seats, 21.9% |
| Seats4: | 11 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Leader Since5: | 18 January 1967 |
| Last Election2: | 21 seats, 32.9% |
| Election Date: | 10 October 1974 |
| Turnout: | 74.81%, 4.05% |
| Leader1: | Harold Wilson |
| Leader Since1: | 14 February 1963 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 40 seats, 36.6% |
| Seats1: | 41 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,000,581 |
| Percentage1: | 36.3% |
| Swing1: | 0.3% |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Leader2: | Edward Heath |
| Leader Since2: | 28 July 1965 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Previous Year: | Feb. 1974 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the February 1974 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Election: | 1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
| Seats For Election: | All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, October 1974 |
See main article: October 1974 United Kingdom general election.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 10 October 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | 1,000,581 | 36.3 | 0.3 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 681,327 | 24.7 | 8.2 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 839,617 | 30.4 | 8.5 | |||
| 3 | 228,855 | 8.3 | 0.4 | ||||
| 0 | 7,721 | 0.28 | 0.4 | ||||
| Turnout: | 2,758,101 | 74.81 | |||||