1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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1970 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath Party Labour Conservative Last election 46 seats, 49.9% 20 seats, 37.6% Seats won 44 23 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 1,197,068 1,020,674 Percentage 44.5% 38.0% Swing 5.4% 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Lib Leader Jeremy Thorpe William Wolfe Party Liberal SNP Last election 5 seats, 6.8% 0 seats, 5.0% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 147,667 306,802 Percentage 5.5% 11.4% Swing 1.3% 6.4%
Results of the 1970 election in Scotland

These are the results of the 1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland. The election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.^[1]

MPs[]

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

Results[]

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	44	2	1,197,068	44.5	5.4
	Conservative	23	3	1,020,674	38.0	0.4
	SNP	1	1	306,802	11.4	6.4
	Liberal	3	2	147,667	5.5	1.3
	Other	0		16,024	0.6
Turnout:				2,688,235

Votes summary[]

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