Election results 1868 -

saltire shield'Members have made much of the times when that has happened since the war - between 1964 and 1966, and in the brief period between the two elections in 1974, when Scottish Members effectively tipped the balance of those Labour Governments. However, there has been somewhat selective recollection of the period between 1979 and 1997, when a whole barrel-load of initiatives were taken by a Conservative Government who commanded minority - and a minority reducing at every election - support in Scotland. Measures were continually taken that were at odds with the views and the votes of a majority of Scottish Members of Parliament.'
John Swinney, Hansard, 6 th May 1998.		Lion Rampant

Number of Scottish MPs by Party 1868 - present

Date Liberal/ SDP/ Liberal Democrat Conservative Liberal Unionist/ National Liberal Labour/ Independent Labour Party/ Co-op Scottish National Party Crofters' Party Communist
1868 52 8




1874 40 20




1880 53 7




1885 57 10


5
1886 39 12 16

5
1892 45 10 12

5
1895 39 19 14



1900 34 21 17



1906 58 8 4 2


Jan 1910 59 8 3 2


Dec 1910 58 7 4 3


1918 34 32
7


1922 16 15 12 29

1
1923 23 16
34


1924 9 37
26

1
1929 14 22
37


1931 8 50 8 7


1935 3 37 8 24

1
1945
25 5 40

1
1950 2 26 6 37


1951 1 29 6 35


1955 1 30 6 34


1959 1 26 6 38


1964 4 24
43


1966 5 20
46


1970 3 23
44 1

Feb 1974 3 21
40 7

Oct 1974 3 16
41 11

1979 3 22
44 2

1983 8 21
41 2

1987 9 10
50 3

1992 9 11
49 3

1997 10

56 6 Speaker
2001 10 1
55 5 1
2005 11 1
40 6 1

The Liberal Unionists split from the Liberal Party over Irish Home Rule. They entered into an alliance with the Conservatives in 1895 and fused to form the Scottish Unionist Party in 1912, although some MPs continued to stand as 'Liberal Unionists' or 'National Liberals'.

Number of Scottish MPs by Party 1868 - present

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