List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)

← (1955–1959)(1964–1966) →

Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

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-second parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964) at the 1959 United Kingdom general election.

The Conservatives won the largest number of votes in Scotland, but narrowly failed to win the most seats in the country.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Labour Party	38
	Unionist Party	25
	National Liberal	6
	Liberal	1
	Independent Conservative	1

Members

Constituency	MP		Notes
Aberdeen North	Hector Hughes	Labour Party
Aberdeen South	Priscilla Buchan	Unionist Party
Argyll	Michael Noble	Unionist Party
Ayr	Thomas Moore	Unionist Party
Banffshire	William Duthie	Unionist Party
Berwick and East Lothian	William Anstruther-Gray	Unionist Party
Bothwell	John Timmons	Labour Party
Bute and North Ayrshire	Fitzroy Maclean	Unionist Party
Caithness and Sutherland	David Robertson	Independent Conservative
Central Ayrshire	Archie Manuel	Labour Party
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire	Arthur Woodburn	Labour Party
Coatbridge and Airdrie	James Dempsey	Labour Party
Dumfriesshire	Niall Macpherson	National Liberal
Dundee East	George Thomson	Labour Party
Dundee West	Peter Doig	Labour Party
Dunfermline Burghs	Alan Thompson	Labour Party
East Aberdeenshire	Patrick Wolrige-Gordon	Unionist Party
East Dunbartonshire	Cyril Bence	Labour Party
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewar	National Liberal
East Fife	John Gilmour	Unionist Party	Elected in 1961 by-election
East Renfrewshire	Betty Harvie Anderson	Unionist Party
Edinburgh Central	Thomas Oswald	Labour Party
Edinburgh East	George Willis	Labour Party
Edinburgh Leith	James Hoy	Labour Party
Edinburgh North	William Milligan	Unionist Party
Edinburgh North	Lord Dalkeith	Unionist Party	Elected in 1960 by-election
Edinburgh Pentlands	John Hope	Unionist Party
Edinburgh South	Michael Clark Hutchison	Unionist Party
Edinburgh West	Anthony Stodart	Unionist Party
Galloway	John Brewis	Unionist Party
Glasgow Bridgeton	James Bennett	Labour Party
Glasgow Cathcart	John Henderson	Unionist Party
Glasgow Central	James McInnes	Labour Party
Glasgow Craigton	Bruce Millan	Labour Party
Glasgow Gorbals	Alice Cullen	Labour Party
Glasgow Govan	John Rankin	Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Hillhead	Tam Galbraith	Unionist Party
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Frank Lilley	Unionist Party
Glasgow Maryhill	Willie Hannan	Labour Party
Glasgow Pollok	John George	Unionist Party
Glasgow Provan	William Reid	Labour Party
Glasgow Scotstoun	Willie Small	Labour Party
Glasgow Shettleston	Myer Galpern	Labour Party
Glasgow Springburn	Dick Buchanan	Labour Party
Glasgow Woodside	Neil George Carmichael	Labour Party
Greenock	Dickson Mabon	Labour Party
Hamilton	Tom Fraser	Labour Party
Inverness	Neil McLean	Unionist Party
Kinross and Western Perthshire	Gilmour Leburn	Unionist Party
Kilmarnock	Willie Ross	Labour Party
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Harry Gourlay	Labour Party
Lanark	Judith Hart	Labour Party
Midlothian	James Hill	Labour Party
Moray and Nairn	Gordon Campbell	Unionist Party
Motherwell	George Lawson	Labour Party
North Angus and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley	National Liberal
North Lanarkshire	Peggy Herbison	Labour Party
Orkney and Zetland	Jo Grimond	Liberal Party
Paisley	Douglas Johnston	Labour Party
Paisley	John Robertson	Labour Party	Elected in 1961 by-election
Perth and East Perthshire	Ian MacArthur	Unionist Party
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod	National Liberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles	Charles Donaldson	Unionist Party
Rutherglen	Richard Brooman-White	Unionist Party
Rutherglen	Gregor Mackenzie	Labour Party	Elected in 1964 by-election
South Angus	James Duncan	National Liberal
South Ayrshire	Emrys Hughes	Labour Party
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs	Malcolm MacPherson	Labour Party
West Aberdeenshire	Forbes Hendry	Unionist Party
West Dunbartonshire	Tom Steele	Labour Party
West Fife	Willie Hamilton	Labour Party
West Lothian	John Taylor	Labour Party
West Lothian	Tam Dalyell	Labour Party	Elected in 1962 by-election
West Renfrewshire	John Maclay	National Liberal
West Stirlingshire	William Baxter	Labour Party
Western Isles	Malcolm Macmillan	Labour Party

References

"BBC Politics 97". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-31.

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List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)

Composition

Members

References

See also