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

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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-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
Aberdeen South	Iain Sproat	Conservative
East Aberdeenshire	Patrick Wolrige-Gordon	Conservative
West Aberdeenshire	Colin Mitchell	Conservative
Dundee East	George Thomson	Labour	1973 by-election
Dundee West	Peter Doig	Labour
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

1971 Stirling and Falkirk by-election, Harry Ewing, Labour
1973 Dundee East by-election, George Machin, Labour
1973 Edinburgh North by-election, Alexander Fletcher, Conservative
1973 Glasgow Govan by-election, Margo MacDonald, SNP

v t e 1970 United Kingdom general election
MPs elected Scotland Wales
Incumbent prime minister: Harold Wilson (Labour) Appointed prime minister: Edward Heath (Conservative)
Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (Edward Heath) Ulster Unionist Party (James Chichester-Clark) Labour (Harold Wilson) Liberal (Jeremy Thorpe) Unity Protestant Unionist Party (Ian Paisley) Scottish National Party (William Wolfe) Republican Labour Party (Gerry Fitt)
Results by area	Northern Ireland Scotland
See also	Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities S. O. Davies Selsdon man Yesterday's Men

Lists of United Kingdom MPs

By surname

By year elected

1800s	1801 02 06 07 12 18 20 26 30 31 32 35 37 41 47 52 57 59 65 68 74 80 85 86 92 95
1900s	1900 06 Jan 10 Dec 10 18 22 23 24 29 31 35 45 50 51 55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97
2000s	2001 05 10 new 15 17 19 24

By seniority

2010
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By party

By decade of death

By gender

By region

England	East Midlands 2010 London Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Kent Wolverhampton England 2005 10 15 17 19 24
Scotland	55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97 01 05 10 15 17 19 24
Wales	31 35 45 50 51 55 59 64 66 70 Feb 74 Oct 74 79 83 87 92 97 01 05 10 15 17 19 24
Northern Ireland	1987 1992 97 2001 05 10 15 17 19 24

MPs who stood down by election

2010
15
17
19
24

Other

References

"Mr Robert Hughes (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"Mr Iain Sproat (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"Mr Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"Lieut-Colonel Colin Mitchell (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"Mr George Thomson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"Mr Peter Doig (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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Composition

List

By-elections

See also

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