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

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

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 44
Conservative Party 23
Liberal 3
Scottish National Party 1
 Total 71

List[]

Constituency MP Party Notes
Aberdeen North Robert Hughes Labour [1]
Aberdeen South Iain Sproat Conservative [2]
East Aberdeenshire Patrick Wolrige-Gordon Conservative [3]
West Aberdeenshire Colin Mitchell Conservative [4]
Dundee East George Thomson Labour 1973 by-election[5]
Dundee West Peter Doig Labour [6]
North Angus and Mearns Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative
South Angus Jock Bruce-Gardyne Conservative
Argyll Michael Noble Conservative
Ayr George Younger Conservative
Bute and North Ayrshire Fitzroy Maclean Conservative
Central Ayrshire David Lambie Labour
Kilmarnock Willie Ross Labour
South Ayrshire Jim Sillars Labour
Banffshire Wilfred Baker Conservative
Berwick and East Lothian John Mackintosh Labour
Caithness and Sutherland Robert Maclennan Labour
Dumfriesshire Hector Monro Conservative
East Dunbartonshire Hugh McCartney Labour
West Dunbartonshire Ian Campbell Labour
Dunfermline Burghs Adam Hunter Labour
Kirkcaldy Burghs Harry Gourlay Labour
East Fife John Gilmour Conservative
West Fife Willie Hamilton Labour
Inverness Russell Johnston Liberal
Ross and Cromarty Hamish Gray Conservative
Western Isles Donald Stewart SNP
Galloway John Brewis Conservative
Coatbridge and Airdrie James Dempsey Labour
Glasgow Bridgeton James Bennett Labour
Glasgow Cathcart Teddy Taylor Conservative
Glasgow Central Thomas McMillan Labour
Glasgow Craigton Bruce Millan Labour
Glasgow Gorbals Frank McElhone Labour
Glasgow Govan John Rankin Labour 1973 by-election
Glasgow Hillhead Tam Galbraith Conservative
Glasgow Kelvingrove Maurice Miller Labour
Glasgow Maryhill William Hannan Labour
Glasgow Pollok James White Labour
Glasgow Provan Hugh Brown Labour
Glasgow Scotstoun William Small Labour
Glasgow Shettleston Myer Galpern Labour
Glasgow Springburn Richard Buchanan Labour
Glasgow Woodside Neil Carmichael Labour
Bothwell James Hamilton Labour
Hamilton Alexander Wilson Labour
Lanark Judith Hart Labour
Motherwell George Lawson Labour
North Lanarkshire John Smith Labour
Rutherglen Gregor Mackenzie Labour
Edinburgh Central Tom Oswald Labour
Edinburgh East Gavin Strang Labour
Edinburgh Leith Ronald King Murray Labour
Edinburgh North John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch Conservative 1973 by-election
Edinburgh Pentlands Norman Wylie Conservative
Edinburgh South Michael Hutchison Conservative
Edinburgh West Anthony Stodart Conservative
Midlothian Alex Eadie Labour
Moray and Nairn Gordon Campbell Conservative
Orkney and Zetland Jo Grimond Liberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles David Steel Liberal
Kinross and West Perthshire Alec Douglas-Home Conservative
Perth and East Perthshire Ian MacArthur Conservative
Greenock Dickson Mabon Labour
Paisley John Robertson Labour
East Renfrewshire Betty Harvie Anderson Conservative
West Renfrewshire Norman Buchan Labour
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs Malcolm MacPherson Labour 1971 by-election
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Dick Douglas Labour
West Stirlingshire William Baxter Labour
West Lothian Tam Dalyell Labour

By-elections[]

See also[]

References[]

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