2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
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The 2024 general election was held on 4 July 2024. 57 Scottish Westminster seats were contested. The election saw a resurgence of Labour within Scotland, with the party winning 37 seats, an increase of 36 from the previous election. The Liberal Democrats also saw gains, increasing their Scottish representation in Parliament from two seats to six. The Scottish National Party, the dominant party in Scotland since 2007, saw a collapse of support in which they lost 39 seats, bringing their total from 48 seats won at the previous election to nine. The Conservative Party lost a seat, taking their total down to five. Turnout dropped to 59%, eclipsed for the first time by a preceding Scottish Parliament election (63.5%). This was a reduction in turnout of 8.4% from 2019 and in a few constituencies the turnout was down 10%.
Background
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The Scottish National Party (SNP) suffered political turmoil through having multiple party leaders and First Ministers including Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney, as well as the Operation Branchform police investigation. Sturgeon resigned following heavy criticism for her positions on gender reforms and claimed occupational burnout was the reason for her resignation,[2] while Yousaf resigned amid a government crisis following his termination of a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.[3] Swinney assumed the leadership after being elected unopposed.[4] Like the Conservative Party in the UK, the SNP's popularity also suffered from being in government for a long time, which led to speculation that Scottish Labour could win the election for the first time since their near-wipeout in the 2015 general election.
Opinion polls
All polling companies listed here are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure and sample size rules.
The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2019 general election on 12 December to the present day.
Poll results
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Date(s) conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | SNP | Con. | Lab. | Lib. Dems | Green | Ref. | Others | Lead |
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4 Jul 2024 | 2024 general election | – | 30.0% | 12.7% | 35.3% | 9.7% | 3.8% | 7.0% | 1.6% | 5.3 | |
28 Jun – 2 Jul 2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,083 | 34% | 15% | 31% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 3 |
24–28 Jun 2024 | More in Common | N/A | 1,008 | 30% | 16% | 35% | 9% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 5 |
26–27 Jun 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,200 | 32% | 11% | 38% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 6 |
24–26 Jun 2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | - | 31% | 13% | 35% | 8% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 4 |
21–25 Jun 2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,042 | 34% | 14% | 34% | 7% | – | – | 7% | Tie |
21–25 Jun 2024 | Survation | Ballot Box Scotland | 1,022 | 31% | 14% | 37% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 6 |
20–25 Jun 2024 | YouGov | Sky News | 1,059 | 29% | 11% | 35% | 11% | 5% | 8% | 1% | 6 |
14–18 Jun 2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,069 | 33% | 15% | 38% | 7% | – | – | 7% | 5 |
14–18 Jun 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,146 | 31% | 11% | 34% | 7% | 6% | 11% | 1% | 3 |
11–14 Jun 2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,050 | 30% | 14% | 34% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 4 |
5–10 Jun 2024 | Opinium | N/A | 1,017 | 34% | 14% | 35% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 1 |
3–9 Jun 2024 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,136 | 36% | 13% | 36% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 2% Alba on 1% Other on 1% | Tie |
3–7 Jun 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,068 | 30% | 13% | 34% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 4 |
1–2 Jun 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 29% | 17% | 39% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 2% Alba on 1% Other on 1% | 10 |
24–28 May 2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,067 | 33% | 17% | 37% | 7% | – | – | 5% | 4 |
23–27 May 2024 | Survation | True North | 1,026 | 32% | 17% | 36% | 9% | – | – | 6% | 4 |
22–25 May 2024 | More in Common | N/A | 1,016 | 30% | 17% | 35% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 5 |
22 May | Rishi Sunak announces that a general election will be held on 4 July 2024 | ||||||||||
13–17 May 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,114 | 29% | 12% | 39% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 10 |
8–9 May 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,078 | 31% | 14% | 38% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | 7 |
6–8 May | John Swinney is elected Leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland | ||||||||||
3–8 May 2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,080 | 33% | 17% | 37% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 4 |
30 Apr – 3 May 2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,014 | 29% | 16% | 34% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 4% Alba on 3% Other on 1% | 5 |
29 Apr 2024 | Humza Yousaf announces his resignation as First Minister of Scotland. | ||||||||||
26–29 Apr 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,043 | 33% | 14% | 34% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 1 |
9–12 Apr 2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,086 | 32% | 16% | 32% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 3% Alba on 2% Other on 1% | Tie |
6–7 Apr 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 32% | 17% | 33% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 2% Alba on 2% Other on 0% | 1 |
25 Mar – 2 Apr 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,100 | 31% | 14% | 33% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 1% | 2 |
10–11 Mar 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 34% | 16% | 34% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | Tie |
14–20 Feb 2024 | Survation | Quantum Communications | 1,043 | 38% | 15% | 33% | 8% | – | – | 7% | 5 |
3–4 Feb 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 33% | 18% | 34% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | 1 |
25–31 Jan 2024 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,005 | 39% | 14% | 32% | 6% | 4% | – | 5% | 7 |
23–25 Jan 2024 | Survation | True North | 1,029 | 36% | 16% | 34% | 8% | – | – | 7% | 2 |
22–25 Jan 2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,007 | 33% | 16% | 36% | 7% | – | – | 8% | 3 |
9–11 Jan 2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,040 | 35% | 17% | 35% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 1% | Tie |
26–27 Nov 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,054 | 34% | 17% | 36% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 2 |
20–26 Nov 2023 | Ipsos | N/A | 990 | 40% | 15% | 30% | 6% | 3% | – | 5% | 10 |
29–30 Oct 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,092 | 32% | 23% | 32% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 1% | Tie |
20–25 Oct 2023 | YouGov | Scottish Elections Study | 1,200 | 32% | 16% | 38% | 6% | 4% | – | 4% | 6 |
6–11 Oct 2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,018 | 35% | 19% | 35% | 6% | – | – | 4% | Tie |
2–6 Oct 2023 | YouGov | N/A | 1,028 | 33% | 20% | 32% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1 |
5 Oct 2023 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election | ||||||||||
4–5 Oct 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,095 | 34% | 21% | 32% | 9% | 2% | – | 2% | 4 |
5–14 Sep 2023 | Opinium | Tony Blair Institute | 1,004 | 37% | 18% | 28% | 8% | 4% | – | 4% | 9 |
8–13 Sep 2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,103 | 38% | 16% | 27% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 11 |
2–4 Sep 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,100 | 35% | 15% | 35% | 8% | 4% | – | 3% | Tie |
15–18 Aug 2023 | Survation | True North | 1,022 | 37% | 17% | 35% | 6% | – | – | 5% | 2 |
3–8 Aug 2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,086 | 36% | 15% | 32% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 4 |
5–6 Aug 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,050 | 37% | 17% | 34% | 7% | 2% | – | 3% | 3 |
1–2 Jul 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,030 | 35% | 21% | 32% | 7% | 2% | – | 3% | 3 |
23–28 Jun 2023 | Survation | – | 2,026 | 37% | 17% | 34% | 9% | – | – | 4% | 3 |
12–15 Jun 2023 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,007 | 34% | 18% | 34% | 7% | – | – | 7% | Tie |
9–14 Jun 2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,018 | 38% | 17% | 34% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 4 |
9–13 Jun 2023 | YouGov | Scottish Elections Study | 1,200 | 33% | 17% | 36% | 7% | 4% | – | 3% | 3 |
3–5 Jun 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,466 | 37% | 20% | 28% | 9% | 3% | – | 3% | 9 |
15–21 May 2023 | Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,090 | 41% | 16% | 29% | 6% | 3% | – | 4% | 12 |
27 Apr – 3 May 2023 | Survation | True North | 1,009 | 38% | 18% | 31% | 9% | 2% | – | 4% | 7 |
30 Apr – 2 May 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,295 | 35% | 18% | 32% | 9% | 3% | – | 3% | 3 |
17–20 Apr 2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,032 | 37% | 17% | 28% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 9 |
29 Mar – 3 Apr 2023 | Survation | N/A | 1,001 | 40% | 17% | 32% | 7% | 1% | – | 3% | 8 |
31 Mar – 1 Apr 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 36% | 19% | 31% | 10% | 2% | – | 3% | 5 |
28–31 Mar 2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,009 | 39% | 19% | 33% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 6 |
28–30 Mar 2023 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,089 | 39% | 19% | 31% | 5% | – | – | 6% | 8 |
27 Mar 2023 | Humza Yousaf is elected leader of the Scottish National Party | ||||||||||
9–13 Mar 2023 | YouGov | Sky News | 1,002 | 39% | 16% | 29% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 10 |
8–10 Mar 2023 | Survation | Diffley Partnership | 1,037 | 40% | 18% | 32% | 6% | 2% | – | 3% | 8 |
7–10 Mar 2023 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,013 | 40% | 16% | 33% | 6% | – | – | 5% | 7 |
2–5 Mar 2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,050 | 39% | 22% | 29% | 6% | 2% | – | 3% | 10 |
17–20 Feb 2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,017 | 38% | 19% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 9 |
15–17 Feb 2023 | Survation | N/A | 1,034 | 43% | 17% | 30% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 13 |
15–17 Feb 2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,004 | 42% | 17% | 32% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 10 |
10–15 Feb 2023 | YouGov | Scottish Election Study | 1,239 | 38% | 16% | 35% | 6% | 3% | – | 3% | 3 |
1–7 Feb 2023 | Survation | N/A | TBA | 42% | 18% | 29% | 6% | – | – | 0% | 13 |
23–26 Jan 2023 | YouGov | The Sunday Times | 1,088 | 42% | 15% | 29% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 13 |
10–12 Jan 2023 | Survation | True North | 1,002 | 43% | 18% | 29% | 7% | – | – | 2% | 14 |
22 Dec – 1 Jan 2023 | Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,025 | 44% | 16% | 31% | 6% | – | – | 1% | 13 |
16–21 Dec 2022 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,048 | 43% | 19% | 30% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 13 |
6–9 Dec 2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,090 | 43% | 14% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 14 |
28 Nov – 5 Dec 2022 | Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,045 | 51% | 13% | 25% | 6% | 3% | – | 0% | 26 |
26–27 Nov 2022 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 41% | 16% | 31% | 8% | 2% | – | 3% | 10 |
7–11 Oct 2022 | Panelbase | Alba Party | 1,000+ | 42% | 16% | 30% | 6% | 2% | – | 2% | 12 |
5–7 Oct 2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,017 | 45% | 15% | 30% | 5% | – | – | 4% | 15 |
30 Sep – 4 Oct 2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,067 | 45% | 12% | 31% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 14 |
30 Sep – 4 Oct 2022 | ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,029 | 46% | 15% | 30% | 8% | – | – | 1% | 16 |
28–29 Sep 2022 | Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,011 | 44% | 15% | 31% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 13 |
17–19 Aug 2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,133 | 44% | 20% | 23% | 8% | – | – | 5% | 21 |
29 Jun – 1 Jul 2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,010 | 47% | 19% | 23% | 8% | – | – | 3% | 24 |
23–28 Jun 2022 | Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,029 | 46% | 18% | 25% | 8% | – | – | 3% | 21 |
23–29 May 2022 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,000 | 44% | 19% | 23% | 10% | 3% | – | 2% | 21 |
18–23 May 2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,115 | 46% | 19% | 22% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 24 |
5 May 2022 | Local elections held in Scotland | ||||||||||
26–29 Apr 2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 42% | 21% | 24% | 7% | – | – | 5% | 18 |
25–31 Mar 2022 | BMG | The Herald | 1,012 | 42% | 19% | 26% | 6% | 4% | – | 2% | 16 |
24–28 Mar 2022 | Survation | Ballot Box Scotland | 1,002 | 45% | 19% | 27% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 18 |
1–4 Feb 2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,128 | 44% | 20% | 24% | 8% | 2% | – | 2% | 20 |
15–22 Dec 2021 | Opinium | Daily Record | 1,328 | 48% | 17% | 22% | 7% | 3% | – | 4% | 26 |
18–22 Nov 2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,060 | 48% | 20% | 18% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 28 |
9–12 Nov 2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,000~ | 48% | 21% | 20% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 27 |
20–26 Oct 2021 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,001 | 48% | 21% | 21% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 27 |
6–10 Sep 2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 2,003 | 47% | 23% | 19% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 24 |
2–8 Sep 2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,014 | 51% | 21% | 17% | 5% | 2% | – | 3% | 30 |
20 Aug 2021 | Alex Cole-Hamilton becomes leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats[5] | ||||||||||
16–24 Jun 2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,287 | 47% | 25% | 18% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 22 |
13 May 2021 | Airdrie and Shotts by-election | ||||||||||
6 May 2021 | Election to the Scottish Parliament[6] | ||||||||||
2–4 May 2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,144 | 48% | 22% | 19% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 26 |
30 Apr – 4 May 2021 | Survation | DC Thomson | 1,008 | 48% | 22% | 20% | 7% | 1% | – | 1% | 26 |
28 Apr – 03 May 2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,015 | 47% | 25% | 20% | 6% | 1% | – | 1% | 22 |
27–30 Apr 2021 | BMG | The Herald | 1,023 | 48% | 20% | 20% | 7% | 3% | – | 1% | 28 |
23–26 Apr 2021 | Survation | Good Morning Britain | 1,008 | 46% | 22% | 22% | 8% | – | – | 2% | 24 |
21–26 Apr 2021 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,075 | 45% | 22% | 19% | 7% | 4% | – | 3% | 23 |
20–22 Apr 2021 | Survation | DC Thomson | 1,037 | 47% | 21% | 22% | 8% | 1% | – | 1% | 25 |
16–20 Apr 2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,204 | 48% | 24% | 19% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 24 |
1–6 Apr 2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,023 | 50% | 24% | 19% | 4% | 1% | – | 1% | 26 |
29–30 Mar 2021 | Survation | The Courier | 1,021 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 8% | 1% | – | 0% | 28 |
19–22 Mar 2021 | YouGov | The Times | TBA | 49% | 24% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 25 |
16–19 Mar 2021 | BMG | The Herald | 1,021 | 47% | 21% | 19% | 7% | 3% | – | 3% | 26 |
11–18 Mar 2021 | Survation | The Courier | 1,452 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 7% | 1% | – | 1% | 28 |
11–16 Mar 2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,096 | 50% | 23% | 19% | 5% | 3% | – | 1% | 27 |
4–8 Mar 2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,100 | 50% | 23% | 17% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 27 |
27 Feb 2021 | Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour[7] | ||||||||||
25–26 Feb 2021 | Survation | Daily Record | 1,011 | 48% | 23% | 21% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 25 |
11–13 Jan 2021 | Survation | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 48% | 19% | 23% | 7% | – | – | 3% | 25 |
4–9 Dec 2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,009 | 51% | 20% | 21% | 6% | 3% | – | – | 30 |
5–11 Nov 2020 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 50% | 21% | 20% | 5% | 2% | – | – | 29 |
6–10 Nov 2020 | YouGov | The Times | 1,089 | 53% | 19% | 17% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 34 |
28 Oct – 4 Nov 2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,059 | 52% | 18% | 20% | 8% | – | – | 2% | 32 |
17–21 Sep 2020 | JL Partners | Politico | 1,016 | 56% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 3% | – | 0% | 38 |
2–7 Sep 2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,018 | 51% | 20% | 21% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 30 |
6–10 Aug 2020 | YouGov | The Times | 1,142 | 54% | 20% | 16% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 34 |
5 Aug 2020 | Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives[8] | ||||||||||
30 Jun – 3 Jul 2020 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,026 | 53% | 21% | 19% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 32 |
1–5 Jun 2020 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,022 | 51% | 21% | 19% | 6% | 2% | – | 1% | 30 |
1–5 May 2020 | Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,086 | 50% | 26% | 17% | 5% | 2% | – | 1% | 24 |
24–27 Apr 2020 | YouGov | N/A | 1,095 | 51% | 25% | 15% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 26 |
24–26 Mar 2020 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,023 | 48% | 27% | 16% | 5% | 3% | – | – | 21 |
14 Feb 2020 | Jackson Carlaw becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives[9] | ||||||||||
12 Dec 2019 | 2019 general election | – | 45.0% | 25.1% | 18.6% | 9.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 19.9 |
Boundary review
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In March 2020, Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith confirmed that the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies would be based on retaining 650 seats.[10][11] The previous relevant legislation was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[12] and the four boundary commissions formally launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021.[13][14][15][16] They were required to issue their final reports prior to 1 July 2023. The Scottish commission published its own report on 28 June.[17][18] As the reports were laid before Parliament, Orders in Council giving effect to the final proposals must be made within four months, unless "there are exceptional circumstances". Prior to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, boundary changes could not be implemented until they were approved by both Houses of Parliament.
Fifty-seven single member constituencies were used in Scotland for this election, a reduction of two since 2019. A number of constituencies are unchanged, including the two protected constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar covering the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, covering the Northern Isles.[19]
Candidates
By affiliation
Affiliate | Candidates[20] | |
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Conservative Party | 57 | |
Labour Party | 57 | |
Liberal Democrats | 57 | |
Reform UK | 57 | |
Scottish National Party | 57 | |
Scottish Greens | 44 | |
Independents | 25 (21 constituencies) | |
Alba Party | 19 | |
Scottish Family Party | 16 | |
Co-operative Party | 4[21] | |
Scottish Libertarian Party | 4 | |
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 4 | |
Communist Party of Britain | 3 | |
Socialist Labour Party | 3 | |
UKIP | 3 | |
British Unionist Party | 2 | |
Christian Party | 2 | |
Independence for Scotland Party | 2 | |
Scottish Socialist Party | 2 | |
Social Democratic Party | 2 | |
Sovereignty | 2 | |
Workers Party of Britain | 2 | |
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 1 | |
Heritage Party | 1 | |
Liberal Party | 1 | |
Socialist Equality Party | 1 | |
Total | 424 |
By constituency
Constituency | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Reform UK | Scottish Greens | SNP | Others | Incumbent | ||
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Aberdeen North | Gillian Tebberen | Lynn Thomson | Desmond Bouse | Kenneth Leggat | Esme Houston | Kirsty Blackman |
| SNP | Kirsty Blackman | |
Aberdeen South | John Wheeler | Tauqeer Malik | Jeff Goodhall | Michael Pearce | Guy Ingerson | Stephen Flynn |
| SNP | Stephen Flynn | |
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | Douglas Ross | Andrew Brown | Ian Bailey | Jo Hart | Seamus Logan | Conservative | David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) | |||
Airdrie and Shotts | Alexandra Herdman | Kenneth Stevenson | Lewis Younie | David Hall | Anum Qaisar |
| SNP | Anum Qaisar[c] | ||
Alloa and Grangemouth | Rachel Nunn | Brian Leishman | Adrian May | Richard Fairley | Nariese Whyte | John Nicolson |
| SNP | John Nicolson (Ochil and South Perthshire) | |
Angus and Perthshire Glens | Stephen Kerr[d] | Elizabeth Carr-Ellis | Claire McLaren | Kenneth Morton | Dave Doogan | Dan Peña (Independent) | SNP | Dave Doogan (Angus) | ||
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | Richard Brooks | Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank | David Evans | Gwen Wood | Stephen Gethins[e] |
| SNP | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) | ||
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | Amanda Hampsey | Hamish Maxwell | Alan Reid[f] | Melanie Hurst | Brendan O'Hara | Tommy Macpherson (Independent) | SNP | Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute) | ||
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Martin Dowey | Elaine Stewart | Paul Kennedy | Andrew Russell | Korin Vallance | Allan Dorans | Corri Wilson (Alba) | SNP | Allan Dorans | |
Bathgate and Linlithgow | Lynn Munro | Kirsteen Sullivan | Sally Pattle | Jamie McNamee | Simon Jay | Martyn Day |
| SNP | Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) | |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | John Lamont | Caitlin Stott | Ray Georgeson | Carolyn Grant | Neil MacKinnon | David Wilson |
| Conservative | John Lamont | |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Fiona Fawcett | Eva Kestner | Jamie Stone | Sandra Skinner | Anne Thomas | Lucy Beattie | Steve Chisholm (Alba) | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Stone | |
Central Ayrshire | David Rocks | Alan Gemmell | Elaine Ford | Stevie Bates | Tom Kerr | Annie McIndoe |
| SNP | Philippa Whitford | |
Coatbridge and Bellshill | Christina Sandhu | Frank McNally | Emma Farthing | Fiona McRae | Patrick McAleer | Steven Bonnar |
| SNP | Steven Bonnar (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) | |
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy | Johnathan Gray | Melanie Ward | Fraser Graham | Sonia Davidson | Mags Hall | Lesley Backhouse |
| Alba (elected as SNP) | Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) | |
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch | Satbir Gill | Katrina Murray | Adam Harley | Billy Ross | Anne McCrossan | Stuart McDonald | SNP | Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | John Cooper | James Wallace | Iain McDonald | Charles Anthony Keal | Laura Moodie | Tracey Little | David Griffiths (Heritage) | Conservative | Alister Jack | |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | David Mundell | Daniel Coleman | Drummond Begg | David Kirkwood | Dominic Ashmole | Kim Marshall | Gareth Kirk (Scottish Family) | Conservative | David Mundell | |
Dundee Central | Emma Farquhar | Richard McCready | Daniel Coleman | Vicky McCann | Chris Law |
| SNP | Chris Law (Dundee West) | ||
Dunfermline and Dollar | Thomas Heald | Graeme Downie | Lauren Buchanan-Quigley | Udo van den Brock | Ryan Blackadder | Naz Anis Miah |
| SNP | Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife) | |
East Kilbride and Strathaven | Ross Lambie | Joani Reid | Aisha Mir | David Mills | Ann McGuinness | Grant Costello |
| Conservative (elected as SNP) | Lisa Cameron[g] (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) | |
East Renfrewshire | Sandesh Gulhane[h] | Blair McDougall | Alan Grant | Matt Alexander | Karen Sharkey | Kirsten Oswald |
| SNP | Kirsten Oswald | |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Marie-Clair Munro | Chris Murray | Charles Dundas | Derek Winton | Amanda Grimm | Tommy Sheppard | Jane Gould (Independent) | SNP | Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East) | |
Edinburgh North and Leith | Joanna Mowat | Tracy Gilbert | Mike Andersen | Alan Melville | Kayleigh O'Neill | Deidre Brock |
| SNP | Deidre Brock | |
Edinburgh South | Christopher Cowdy | Ian Murray | Andy Williamson | Cameron Rose | Jo Phillips | Simita Kumar |
| Labour | Ian Murray | |
Edinburgh South West | Sue Webber | Scott Arthur | Bruce Wilson | Ian Harper | Dan Heap | Joanna Cherry |
| SNP | Joanna Cherry | |
Edinburgh West | Alastair Shields | Michael Davidson | Christine Jardine | Otto Inglis | James Puchowski | Euan Hyslop |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Jardine | |
Falkirk | James Bundy | Euan Stainbank | Tim McKay | Keith Barrow | Rachel Kidd | Toni Giugliano |
| SNP | John McNally | |
Glasgow East | Thomas Kerr | John Grady | Matthew Clark | Donnie McLeod | Amy Kettyles | David Linden | Liam McLaughlan (SSP) | SNP | David Linden | |
Glasgow North | Naveed Asghar | Martin Rhodes | Daniel O'Malley | Helen Burns | Iris Duane | Alison Thewliss | Nick Durie (Alba) | SNP | Patrick Grady | |
SNP | Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) | |||||||||
Glasgow North East | Robert Connelly | Maureen Burke | Sheila Thomson | Jonathan Walmsley | Ewan Lewis | Anne McLaughlin | SNP | Anne McLaughlin | ||
Glasgow West | Faten Hameed | Patricia Ferguson[i] | James Calder | Dionne Moore | Nick Quail | Carol Monaghan | John Cormack (Christian) | SNP | Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) | |
Glasgow South | Haroun Malik | Gordon McKee | Peter McLaughlin | Danny Raja | Niall Christie | Stewart McDonald | SNP | Stewart McDonald | ||
Glasgow South West | Mamun Rashid | Zubir Ahmed | Paul McGarry | Morag McRae | John Hamelink | Chris Stephens | Tony Osy (Alba) | SNP | Chris Stephens | |
Glenrothes and Mid Fife | Debbie MacCallum | Richard Baker | Jill Reilly | Ian Smith | John Beare | SNP | Peter Grant (Glenrothes) | |||
Gordon and Buchan | Harriet Cross | Nurul Hoque Ali | Conrad Wood | Kris Callander | Richard Thomson | SNP | Richard Thomson (Gordon) | |||
Hamilton and Clyde Valley | Richard Nelson | Imogen Walker | Kyle Burns | Lisa Judge | Ross Clark | Christopher Ho (UKIP) | SNP | Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) | ||
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | Ted Runciman | Martin McCluskey | Ross Stalker | Simon Moorehead | Iain Hamilton | Ronnie Cowan |
| SNP | Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) | |
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | Ruraidh Stewart | Michael Perera | Angus MacDonald | Dillan Hill | Peter Newman | Drew Hendry | Darren Paxton (Socialist Equality) | SNP | Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) | |
SNP | Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) | |||||||||
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Jordan Cowie | Lillian Jones | Edward Thornley | William Thomson | Bex Glen | Alan Brown | Stephen McNamara (Independent) | SNP | Alan Brown | |
Livingston | Damien Doran-Timson | Gregor Poynton | Caron Lindsay | David McLennan | Cameron Glasgow | Hannah Bardell | Debbie Ewan (Alba) | SNP | Hannah Bardell | |
Lothian East | Scott Hamilton | Douglas Alexander[j] | Duncan Dunlop | Robert Davies | Shona McIntosh | Lyn Jardine | George Kerevan (Alba) | Alba (elected as SNP) | Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) | |
Mid Dunbartonshire | Alix Mathieson | Lorna Dougall | Susan Murray | David McNabb | Carolynn Scrimgeour | Amy Callaghan | Ray James (Alba) | SNP | Amy Callaghan (East Dunbartonshire) | |
Midlothian | Keith Cockburn | Kirsty McNeill | Ross Laird | Stefan Garbowski | Owen Thompson | Daniel Fraser (Scottish Libertarian) | SNP | Owen Thompson | ||
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | Kathleen Robertson | James Hynam | Neil Alexander | Steve Skerrett | Draeyk Van Der Horn | Graham Leadbitter | Euan Morrice (Scottish Family) | Conservative | Douglas Ross (Moray) | |
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke | Oyebola Ajala | Pamela Nash[k] | Haley Bennie | Robert MacLaughlan | Gordon Miller | Marion Fellows |
| SNP | Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) | |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Kenny Barker | Torcuil Crichton | Jamie Dobson | Tony Ridden | Susan Thomson |
| Independent (elected as SNP) | Angus MacNeil | ||
North Ayrshire and Arran | Todd Ferguson | Irene Campbell | Gillian Cole-Hamilton | Michael Mann | Cara McKee | Patricia Gibson |
| SNP | Patricia Gibson | |
North East Fife | Bill Bowman[l] | Jennifer Gallagher | Wendy Chamberlain | Matthew Wren | Morven Ovenstone-Jones | Stefan Hoggan-Radu | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Chamberlain | ||
Orkney and Shetland | Shane Painter | Conor Savage | Alistair Carmichael | Robert Smith | Alex Armitage | Robert Leslie | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Carmichael | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | David McGonigle | Alison Taylor | Grant Toghill | Andrew Scott | Jen Bell | Gavin Newlands | SNP | Gavin Newlands | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Alec Leishman | Johanna Baxter | Jack Clark | Jim McIlroy | Athol Bond | Jacqueline Cameron |
| SNP | Mhairi Black | |
Perth and Kinross-shire | Luke Graham[m] | Graham Cox | Amanda Clark | Helen McDade | Pete Wishart | Sally Hughes (Independent) | SNP | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) | ||
Rutherglen | Gary Burns | Michael Shanks | Gloria Adebo | David Stark | Katy Loudon |
| Labour | Michael Shanks[n] (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) | ||
Stirling and Strathallan | Neil Benny | Chris Kane | Hamish Taylor | Bill McDonald | Andrew Adam | Alyn Smith | SNP | Alyn Smith (Stirling) | ||
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Andrew Bowie | Kate Blake | Michael Turvey | Brandon Innes | William Linegar | Glen Reynolds |
| Conservative | Andrew Bowie | |
West Dunbartonshire | Maurice Corry | Douglas McAllister | Paul Donald Kennedy | David Smith | Paula Baker | Martin Docherty-Hughes |
| SNP | Martin Docherty-Hughes |
Target seats
MPs not seeking re-election
MP | Constituency | First elected | Affiliation | Date announced | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | 2017 | Conservative | 17 May 2023[22] | Current Scottish Secretary | |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | 2015 | SNP | 6 June 2023[23] | Former leader of SNP Westminster group | |
Peter Grant | Glenrothes | 2015 | SNP | 21 June 2023[24] | ||
Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | 2015 | SNP | 23 June 2023[25] | Former SNP shadow Attorney General | |
Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | 2015 | SNP | 26 June 2023[26] | ||
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | 2005 | SNP | 28 June 2023[27] | Current SNP shadow Chancellor | |
Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 2015 | SNP | 4 July 2023[28] | Current deputy leader of SNP Westminster group | |
John McNally | Falkirk | 2015 | SNP | 10 July 2023[29] | ||
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | 2015 | SNP | 18 July 2023[30] | Current SNP Spokesperson for Scotland | |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 2015 | Conservative[g] | 17 October 2023[31] | Elected from SNP |
Results
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The SNP ultimately won nine seats in the 2024 election, a loss of 38 seats on its 2019 result, reducing it to the second-largest party in Scotland, behind Scottish Labour, and the fourth-largest party in Westminster. Swinney took full responsibility but said that he would not resign as leader. He said of the results, "There will have to be a lot of soul searching as a party as a consequence of these results that have come in tonight", and that the SNP has to be "better at governing on behalf of the people of Scotland", admitting the party was not "winning the argument" on Scottish independence.[32]
On 7 July 2024, newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer travelled to Edinburgh on the first stop of his tour of the four countries of the United Kingdom and met with Swinney at the official residence of the First Minister, Bute House. During the meeting, both Swinney and Starmer agreed to "work together" and to "reset the relationship between their two governments".[33]
Results detail
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Voting closed at 22:00, which was followed by an exit poll. The first seat, Houghton and Sunderland South, declared at 23:15 with Bridget Phillipson winning for Labour.[34][35] Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire was the last seat to declare, after a recount took place on Saturday 6 July.[36]
By affiliation
Affiliate[37][38] | Seats | Aggregate votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of total (%) | Total | Of total (%) | Difference | ||
Labour | 37 | 36 | 0 | ![]() | 64.9 | 851,897 | 35.3 | ![]() | |
SNP | 9 | 1 | 40 | ![]() | 15.8 | 724,758 | 30.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 5 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 8.8 | 307,344 | 12.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 6 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | 10.5 | 234,228 | 9.7 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 167,979 | 7.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 92,685 | 3.8 | ![]() | |
Alba | 0 | New | — | 11,784 | 0.5 | New | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 9,782 | 0.4 | ![]() | |
Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 5,425 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | Did not stand in 2019 | — | 1,523 | 0.1 | — | |||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | Did not stand in 2019 | — | 1,007 | 0.0 | — | |||
Scottish Christian | 0 | Coalition with CPA in 2019 | — | 806 | 0.0 | — | |||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 788 | 0.0 | ||
ISP | 0 | New | — | 678 | 0.0 | New | |||
BUP | 0 | Did not stand in 2019 | — | 614 | 0.0 | — | |||
Scottish Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 536 | 0.0 | ![]() | |
Communist | 0 | Did not stand in 2019 | — | 516 | 0.0 | — | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 481 | 0.0 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 426 | 0.0 | ![]() | |
Workers Party | 0 | New | — | 415 | 0.0 | New | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 313 | 0.0 | ![]() | |
Sovereignty | 0 | New | — | 304 | 0.0 | New | |||
Heritage | 0 | New | — | 230 | 0.0 | New | |||
Socialist Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | — | 178 | 0.0 | ||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | New | — | 113 | 0.0 | New | |||
Total | 57 | 2,414,810 | 59.2 | ![]() |
By constituency
Constituency | 2019 seat | 2024 seat | Votes | Turnout | |||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | Margin | Lab. | SNP | Con. | Lib. Dems | Ref. | Green | Other | Total | |||||
Aberdeen North | SNP | SNP | Kirsty Blackman | 14,552 | 34.5% | 1,779 | 12,773 | 14,552 | 5,881 | 2,583 | 3,781 | 1,275 | 1,269 | 42,114 | 55.5% | ||
Aberdeen South | SNP | SNP | Stephen Flynn | 15,213 | 32.8% | 3,758 | 11,455 | 15,213 | 11,300 | 2,921 | 3,199 | 1,609 | 648 | 46,345 | 59.9% | ||
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | Con | SNP | Seamus Logan | 13,455 | 35.2% | 942 | 3,876 | 13,455 | 12,513 | 2,782 | 5,562 | — | — | 38,188 | 54.5% | ||
Airdrie and Shotts | SNP | Lab | Kenneth Stevenson | 18,871 | 51.5% | 7,547 | 18,871 | 11,324 | 1,696 | 725 | 2,971 | — | 1,079 | 36,666 | 52.2% | ||
Alloa and Grangemouth | SNP | Lab | Brian Leishman | 18,039 | 43.8% | 6,122 | 18,039 | 11,917 | 3,127 | 1,151 | 3,804 | 1,421 | 1,742 | 41,201 | 58.3% | ||
Angus and Perthshire Glens | SNP | SNP | Dave Doogan | 19,142 | 40.4% | 4,870 | 6,799 | 19,142 | 14,272 | 3,156 | 3,246 | — | 733 | 47,348 | 61.8% | ||
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | SNP | SNP | Stephen Gethins | 15,581 | 35.3% | 859 | 14,722 | 15,581 | 6,841 | 2,249 | 3,800 | — | 924 | 44,117 | 58.0% | ||
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | SNP | SNP | Brendan O'Hara | 15,582 | 34.7% | 6,232 | 8,585 | 15,582 | 9,350 | 7,359 | 3,045 | — | 941 | 45,078 | 62.8% | ||
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | Lab | Elaine Stewart | 14,930 | 36.5% | 4,154 | 14,930 | 10,776 | 9,247 | 1,081 | 3,544 | 886 | 472 | 40,936 | 58.2% | ||
Bathgate and Linlithgow | SNP | Lab | Kirsteen Sullivan | 19,774 | 47.0% | 8,323 | 19,774 | 11,451 | 3,144 | 2,171 | 3,524 | 1,390 | 611 | 42,065 | 58.3% | ||
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con | Con | John Lamont | 18,872 | 40.5% | 6,599 | 6,311 | 12,273 | 18,872 | 3,686 | 3,340 | 1,526 | 550 | 46,558 | 61.0% | ||
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LD | LD | Jamie Stone | 22,736 | 49.4% | 10,489 | 3,409 | 12,247 | 1,860 | 22,736 | 3,360 | 1,641 | 795 | 46,170 | 61.9% | ||
Central Ayrshire | SNP | Lab | Alan Gemmell | 18,091 | 43.7% | 6,869 | 18,091 | 11,222 | 6,147 | 983 | 3,420 | 1,039 | 517 | 41,419 | 60.0% | ||
Coatbridge and Bellshill | SNP | Lab | Frank McNally | 19,291 | 49.8% | 6,344 | 19,291 | 12,947 | 1,382 | 671 | 2,601 | 1,229 | 610 | 38,731 | 53.3% | ||
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy | SNP | Lab | Melanie Ward | 18,662 | 45.7% | 7,248 | 18,662 | 11,414 | 3,203 | 1,593 | 3,128 | 1,556 | 1,258 | 40,814 | 57.0% | ||
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch | SNP | Lab | Katrina Murray | 18,513 | 45.2% | 4,144 | 18,513 | 14,369 | 1,939 | 1,294 | 3,167 | 1,694 | — | 40,976 | 58.2% | ||
Dumfries and Galloway | Con | Con | John Cooper | 13,527 | 29.6% | 930 | 11,767 | 12,597 | 13,527 | 2,092 | 4,313 | 1,249 | 230 | 45,775 | 58.3% | ||
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con | Con | David Mundell | 14,999 | 33.9% | 4,242 | 10,140 | 10,757 | 14,999 | 2,800 | 3,822 | 1,448 | 208 | 44,174 | 61.5% | ||
Dundee Central | SNP | SNP | Chris Law | 15,544 | 40.0% | 675 | 14,869 | 15,544 | 1,569 | 2,402 | 2,363 | — | 2,101 | 38,848 | 52.0% | ||
Dunfermline and Dollar | SNP | Lab | Graeme Downie | 20,336 | 45.7% | 8,241 | 20,336 | 12,095 | 3,297 | 3,181 | 2,887 | 2,078 | 663 | 44,537 | 61.0% | ||
East Kilbride and Strathaven | SNP | Lab | Joani Reid | 22,682 | 48.6% | 9,057 | 22,682 | 13,625 | 3,547 | 1,074 | 3,377 | 1,811 | 591 | 46,707 | 61.0% | ||
East Renfrewshire | SNP | Lab | Blair McDougall | 21,935 | 43.7% | 8,421 | 21,935 | 13,514 | 8,494 | 1,150 | 2,360 | 1,510 | 1,364 | 50,227 | 68.4% | ||
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | SNP | Lab | Chris Murray | 18,790 | 41.2% | 3,715 | 18,790 | 15,075 | 2,598 | 1,949 | 2,129 | 4,669 | 365 | 45,575 | 59.8% | ||
Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP | Lab | Tracy Gilbert | 20,805 | 42.1% | 7,268 | 20,805 | 13,537 | 3,254 | 3,879 | 1,818 | 5,417 | 765 | 49,418 | 63.0% | ||
Edinburgh South | Lab | Lab | Ian Murray | 24,976 | 53.3% | 17,251 | 24,976 | 7,725 | 4,001 | 2,746 | 1,845 | 4,270 | 1,263 | 46,826 | 66.3% | ||
Edinburgh South West | SNP | Lab | Scott Arthur | 18,663 | 40.9% | 6,217 | 18,663 | 12,446 | 5,558 | 3,014 | 2,087 | 3,450 | 446 | 45,664 | 61.9% | ||
Edinburgh West | LD | LD | Christine Jardine | 26,645 | 50.8% | 16,470 | 7,854 | 10,175 | 2,897 | 26,645 | 2,209 | 2,100 | 591 | 52,471 | 68.6% | ||
Falkirk | SNP | Lab | Euan Stainbank | 18,343 | 43.0% | 4,996 | 18,343 | 13,347 | 3,576 | 1,092 | 3,375 | 1,711 | 1,181 | 42,625 | 58.0% | ||
Glasgow East | SNP | Lab | John Grady | 15,543 | 43.8% | 3,784 | 15,543 | 11,759 | 1,707 | 872 | 2,371 | 2,727 | 466 | 35,445 | 51.2% | ||
Glasgow North | SNP | Lab | Martin Rhodes | 14,655 | 42.2% | 3,539 | 14,655 | 11,116 | 1,366 | 1,142 | 1,655 | 4,233 | 572 | 34,739 | 51.0% | ||
Glasgow North East | SNP | Lab | Maureen Burke | 15,639 | 45.9% | 4,637 | 15,639 | 11,002 | 1,182 | 592 | 2,272 | 2,471 | 933 | 34,091 | 47.0% | ||
Glasgow West | SNP | Lab | Patricia Ferguson | 18,621 | 46.7% | 6,446 | 18,621 | 12,175 | 1,720 | 1,316 | 2,098 | 3,662 | 310 | 39,902 | 58.0% | ||
Glasgow South | SNP | Lab | Gordon McKee | 17,696 | 41.8% | 4,154 | 17,696 | 13,542 | 1,617 | 1,316 | 1,736 | 5,554 | 917 | 42,378 | 60.0% | ||
Glasgow South West | SNP | Lab | Zubir Ahmed | 15,552 | 43.6% | 3,285 | 15,552 | 12,267 | 1,387 | 958 | 2,236 | 2,727 | 542 | 35,669 | 52.0% | ||
Glenrothes and Mid Fife | SNP | Lab | Richard Baker | 15,994 | 44.3% | 2,954 | 15,994 | 13,040 | 1,973 | 1,604 | 3,528 | — | — | 36,139 | 51.0% | ||
Gordon and Buchan | Con | Con | Harriet Cross | 14,418 | 32.9% | 878 | 4,686 | 13,540 | 14,418 | 7,307 | 3,978 | — | — | 44,014 | 63.2% | ||
Hamilton and Clyde Valley | SNP | Lab | Imogen Walker | 21,020 | 49.9% | 9,472 | 21,020 | 11,548 | 4,589 | 1,511 | 3,299 | — | 117 | 42,084 | 55.8% | ||
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | SNP | Lab | Martin McCluskey | 18,931 | 46.9% | 6,371 | 18,931 | 12,560 | 2,863 | 1,259 | 2,476 | 1,173 | 1,088 | 40,350 | 57.5% | ||
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire | SNP | LD | Angus MacDonald | 18,159 | 37.8% | 2,160 | 6,246 | 15,999 | 2,502 | 18,159 | 2,034 | 2,038 | 178 | 48,056 | 61.7% | ||
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | Lab | Lillian Jones | 19,055 | 44.9% | 5,129 | 19,055 | 13,936 | 3,527 | 850 | 3,472 | 1,237 | 401 | 42,478 | 57.1% | ||
Livingston | SNP | Lab | Gregor Poynton | 18,324 | 40.9% | 3,528 | 18,324 | 14,796 | 3,469 | 2,025 | 3,977 | 1,704 | 545 | 44,840 | 57.5% | ||
Lothian East | SNP | Lab | Douglas Alexander | 23,555 | 49.2% | 13,265 | 23,555 | 10,290 | 5,335 | 2,649 | 3,039 | 2,477 | 557 | 47,902 | 63.5% | ||
Mid Dunbartonshire | SNP | LD | Susan Murray | 22,349 | 42.4% | 9,673 | 10,933 | 12,676 | 2,452 | 22,349 | 2,099 | 1,720 | 449 | 52,738 | 72.0% | ||
Midlothian | SNP | Lab | Kirsty McNeill | 21,480 | 48.6% | 8,167 | 21,480 | 13,313 | 3,248 | 2,589 | 3,276 | — | 259 | 44,165 | 59.8% | ||
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | SNP | SNP | Graham Leadbitter | 14,961 | 32.1% | 1,001 | 8,259 | 14,961 | 13,960 | 3,785 | 3,490 | 1,676 | 423 | 46,554 | 60.0% | ||
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke | SNP | Lab | Pamela Nash | 19,168 | 49.1% | 7,085 | 19,168 | 12,083 | 2,415 | 822 | 3,004 | 1,200 | 334 | 39,151 | 54.6% | ||
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP | Lab | Torcuil Crichton | 6,692 | 49.5% | 3,836 | 6,692 | 2,856 | 647 | 382 | 697 | — | 2,254 | 13,528 | 64.8% | ||
North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP | Lab | Irene Campbell | 16,821 | 39.8% | 3,551 | 16,821 | 13,270 | 5,954 | 1,005 | 3,415 | 1,327 | 470 | 42,262 | 56.4% | ||
North East Fife | LD | LD | Wendy Chamberlain | 23,384 | 54.7% | 13,479 | 4,026 | 9,905 | 1,666 | 23,384 | 2,094 | 1,653 | — | 42,728 | 61.2% | ||
Orkney and Shetland | LD | LD | Alistair Carmichael | 11,392 | 55.1% | 7,807 | 1,493 | 3,585 | 586 | 11,392 | 1,586 | 2,046 | — | 20,688 | 60.0% | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP | Lab | Alison Taylor | 19,561 | 47.1% | 6,333 | 19,561 | 13,228 | 2,659 | 1,374 | 3,228 | 1,469 | — | 41,519 | 58.4% | ||
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP | Lab | Johanna Baxter | 19,583 | 47.4% | 6,527 | 19,583 | 13,056 | 2,219 | 1,315 | 2,956 | 1,724 | 430 | 41,283 | 57.7% | ||
Perth and Kinross-shire | SNP | SNP | Pete Wishart | 18,928 | 37.8% | 4,127 | 9,018 | 18,928 | 14,801 | 3,681 | 2,970 | — | 679 | 50,077 | 64.8% | ||
Rutherglen | SNP | Lab | Michael Shanks | 21,460 | 50.5% | 8,767 | 21,460 | 12,693 | 2,420 | 1,714 | 2,685 | — | 1,512 | 42,484 | 58.5% | ||
Stirling and Strathallan | SNP | Lab | Chris Kane | 16,856 | 33.9% | 1,394 | 16,856 | 15,462 | 9,469 | 2,530 | 3,145 | 2,320 | — | 49,782 | 65.3% | ||
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | Con | Con | Andrew Bowie | 17,428 | 35.6% | 3,441 | 6,397 | 13,987 | 17,428 | 6,342 | 3,497 | 1,032 | 275 | 48,958 | 67.1% | ||
West Dunbartonshire | SNP | Lab | Douglas McAllister | 19,312 | 48.8% | 6,010 | 19,312 | 13,302 | 1,474 | 839 | 2,770 | 1,496 | 391 | 39,584 | 57.5% | ||
All constituencies | 851,897 | 724,758 | 307,344 | 234,228 | 167,979 | 92,685 | 35,919 | 2,414,810 | 59.0% | ||||||||
35.3% | 30.0% | 12.7% | 9.7% | 7.0% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 100.0% | ||||||||||
Seats | |||||||||||||||||
37 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||||
65% | 16% | 8.8% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100.0% |
Analysis
The Scottish Labour Party gained the majority of seats in Scotland for the first time since 2010, regaining most of the seats lost to the SNP in 2015. Labour gained every seat in Glasgow, all but one seat in Edinburgh, and all but one seat in the Central Belt (both of these exceptions being seats won by the Scottish Liberal Democrats). Labour also gained Na h-Eileanan an Iar for the first time since 2001. Labour was also runner-up in four other constituencies, around Aberdeen and Dundee.
The Scottish National Party elected nine MPs, a net loss of thirty-nine compared to 2019. The SNP lost most of their seats gained in 2015, including every seat in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Central Belt. Most of the remaining SNP seats are large rural constituencies in the Scottish Highlands, along with Aberdeen North, Aberdeen South and Dundee Central, Dundee Central had the lowest majority of any Scottish constituency (675 votes between SNP and Labour). The only SNP gain was Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, the predecessor seat of Banff and Buchan had been previously Conservative. The SNP was the runner-up in every constituency it did not win.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats elected six MPs, gaining Mid Dunbartonshire and Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, the predecessor seats had once been held by former Liberal Democrat leaders Jo Swinson and Charles Kennedy respectively. The remaining four seats were defended with significantly increased majorities, and close to or over 50% of the vote. Orkney and Shetland remains the longest continuously held Liberal constituency, since 1950. This is the first time since 2010 that there are more Liberal Democrat MPs in Scotland than Conservatives, although the Conservatives had more votes.
The Scottish Conservatives elected five MPs, losing Aberdeenshire North and Moray East which was a new seat being contested by outgoing MP and leader Douglas Ross. As in the previous election, the Conservatives won in all three border constituencies, with their other two seats being in Aberdeenshire. The Conservatives therefore did proportionally better in Scotland compared to their significant losses in England and Wales, and in contrast to the previous Labour landslide of 1997 when the Conservatives lost every seat in Scotland.
Other parties and independents failed to win any seats. The two Alba Party MPs who had defected from the SNP, Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey lost their seats, as did independent Angus McNeil who also left the SNP. Unlike in England and Wales, the Scottish Greens and Reform UK were not the runner-up in any constituency.
See also
- 2024 United Kingdom general election in England
- 2024 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
- 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales
- List of target seats in the 2024 United Kingdom general election
- List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2024–present)
- Next Scottish Parliament election
- Opinion polling on Scottish independence
Notes
- ^ Davey served as Acting Leader from 13 December 2019 to 27 August 2020 alongside the Party Presidents Baroness Sal Brinton and Mark Pack, following Jo Swinson's election defeat in the 2019 general election. Davey was elected Leader in August 2020.[1]
- ^ The notional results of the last election using the new (2024–present) constituencies would have given the Liberal Democrats 2 seats, not 4
- ^ Elected in a by-election
- ^ MP for Stirling (2017–2019) and MSP for Central Scotland (since 2021)
- ^ MP for North East Fife from 2015 to 2019
- ^ MP for Argyll and Bute (2001–2015)
- ^ a b Elected for the SNP, joined the Conservatives in 2023
- ^ MSP for Glasgow since 2021
- ^ Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (2011–2016) and Glasgow Maryhill (1999–2011)
- ^ MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (2005–2015) and Paisley South (1997–2005 and is also running under a joint ticket with the Co-operative Party)
- ^ Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts from 2010 to 2015
- ^ Member of the Scottish Parliament for North East Scotland from 2016 to 2021
- ^ MP for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2017 to 2019
- ^ Elected in a by-election
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External links
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