Elections in Scotland

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Scotland has elections to several bodies: the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, local councils and community councils. Before the United Kingdom left the European Union, Scotland elected members to the European Parliament.

Scottish Parliament

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Scottish Parliamentary elections use the Additional Member System (AMS). Under this system, voters are given two votes: one for their constituency, which elects a single MSP by first-past-the-post; and one for their region, which elects seven MSPs by closed list. Five Scottish Parliamentary elections have been held since the reconvention of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Elections are held every five years, on the first Thursday in May.

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Scottish Parliament election results

2021

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	64	Increase1	1,291,204	47.7	Increase1.2	1,094,374	40.3	Decrease1.4	2,385,578	43.89	Decrease0.21	49.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	31	Template:Nochange	592,518	21.9	Decrease0.1	637,131	23.5	Increase0.6	1,229,649	22.62	Increase0.15	24.0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	22	Decrease2	584,392	21.6	Decrease1.0	488,819	18.0	Decrease1.0	1,073,211	19.74	Decrease1.07	17.05
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	8	Increase2	34,990	1.3	Increase0.7	220,324	8.1	Increase1.5	255,314	4.69	Increase1.11	6.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	4	Decrease1	187,746	6.9	Decrease0.9	137,152	5.1	Decrease0.1	324,898	5.97	Decrease0.54	3.1
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	15,833	0.58	Increase0.08	137,984	5.1	Increase0.6	153,817	2.83	Increase0.34	0.0
				2,706,761	100		2,712,784	100		5,434,851	100
Registered voters/Turnout				4,280,785	63.46	Increase7.66	4,280,785	63.49	Increase7.69	8,561,570	63.47	Increase7.67

2016

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A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours. A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.
Party		Seats	Seats change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	63	Decrease6	1,059,897	46.5	Increase1.1	953,587	41.7	Decrease2.3	2,013,484	44.10	Decrease0.60	48.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	31	Increase16	501,844	22.0	Increase8.1	524,222	22.9	Increase10.6	1,026,066	22.47	Increase9.34	24.03
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	24	Decrease13	514,261	22.6	Decrease9.2	435,919	19.1	Decrease7.2	950,180	20.81	Decrease8.18	18.60
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Increase4	13,172	0.6	Increase0.6	150,426	6.6	Increase2.2	163,598	3.58	Increase1.40	4.65
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	Template:Nochange	178,238	7.8	Decrease1.0	119,284	5.2	Template:Nochange	297,522	6.51	Decrease0.04	3.87
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Decrease1	11,741	0.5	Decrease0.58	102,314	4.5	Decrease3.02	114,055	2.49	Decrease1.89	0
				2,279,154	100		2,285,752	100		4,564,906	100
Registered voters/Turnout				4,099,907	55.90	Increase5.24	4,099,907	55.75	Increase5.36	5,434,851	55.67	Increase5.30

2011

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	69	Increase23	902,915	45.5	Increase12.5	876,421	44.0	Increase13.0	1,779,336	44.70	Increase12.74	53.48
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	37	Decrease7	630,461	31.7	Decrease0.5	523,469	26.3	Decrease2.9	1,153,930	28.99	Decrease1.64	28.68
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	15	Decrease5	276,652	13.9	Decrease2.7	245,967	12.4	Decrease1.5	522,619	13.13	Decrease2.01	11.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	Decrease12	157,714	7.9	Decrease8.2	103,472	5.2	Decrease6.1	261,186	6.56	Decrease7.18	3.87
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	Increase1	0	0.0	Decrease0.1	86,939	4.4	Increase0.3	86,939	2.18	Increase0.08	1.55
Template:Party name with colour no link	1	Steady	21,534	1.08	Decrease0.92	149,809	7.52	Decrease3.08	171,343	4.30	Increase2.03	0.77
				1,989,276	100		1,990,836	100		3,980,112	100
Registered voters/Turnout				3,950,626	50.35	Decrease0.70	3,950,626	50.39	Decrease1.31	7,901,252	50.37	Decrease1.01

2007

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A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.
Party		Seats	Seats change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	47	Increase20	664,227	32.9	Increase9.1	633,611	31.0	Increase10.1	1,297,838	31.96	Increase9.65	36.43
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	46	Decrease4	648,374	32.1	Decrease2.5	595,415	29.1	Decrease0.2	1,243,789	30.63	Decrease1.36	35.65
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	17	Decrease1	334,743	16.6	Steady	284,035	13.9	Decrease1.6	614,778	15.14	Decrease0.91	13.17
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	16	Decrease1	326,232	16.2	Increase0.8	230,651	11.3	Decrease0.5	556,883	13.74	Increase0.17	12.40
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	Decrease5	2,971	0.1	Increase8.5	82,577	4.0	Decrease2.9	85,584	2.10	Decrease1.34	1.55
Template:Party name with colour no link	1	Decrease9	40,431	2.0	Decrease7.6	216,577	10.6	Decrease4.0	257,008	6.33	Decrease6.31	0.77
				2,016,978	100		2,042,866	100		4,059,844	100
Registered voters/Turnout				3,950,626	51.05	Increase1.63	3,950,626	51.70	Increase2.30	7,901,252	51.38	Increase1.89

2003

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A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.
Party		Seats	Seats change	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Constituency vote change (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Regional vote change (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Total votes change (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	50	Decrease6	663,585	34.6	Decrease4.2	561,375	29.3	Decrease4.3	1,224,960	31.96	Decrease4.25	38.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	27	Decrease8	455,722	23.8	Decrease5.1	399,659	20.9	Decrease6.4	855,381	22.31	Decrease5.70	20.9
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	18	Steady	318,279	16.6	Increase1.0	296,929	15.5	Decrease0.1	615,208	16.05	Increase0.60	14.0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	17	Steady	294,347	15.4	Increase1.2	225,774	11.8	Decrease0.6	520,121	13.57	Increase0.25	13.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	7	Increase6	-	-	-	132,138	6.9	Increase3.3	132,138	3.44	Increase1.65	5.4
Template:Party name with colour no link	10	Increase8	184,641	9.6	Increase6.9	299,946	14.6	Increase7.1	484,587	12.64	Increase7.45	7.9
				1,916,574	100		1,915,821	100		3,832,395	100
Registered voters/Turnout				3,877,460	49.42	Decrease8.74	3,877,460	49.40	Decrease8.57	7,754,920	49.49	Decrease8.62

1999

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A map showing the constituency winners of the Election by their party colours.
Party		Seats	Constituency votes	Constituency votes, of total (%)	Regional votes	Regional votes, of total (%)	Total votes	Total votes, (%)	Seats won, of total (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	56	908,346	38.8	786,818	33.6	1,695,164	36.21	43.41
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	35	672,768	28.7	638,644	27.3	1,311,412	28.01	27.13
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	18	364,425	15.6	359,109	15.4	723,534	15.45	13.95
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	17	333,179	14.2	290,760	12.4	623,939	13.32	13.17
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	-	-	84,023	3.6	84,023	1.79	0.77
Template:Party name with colour no link	2	63,770	2.7	179,481	7.5	243,251	5.19	1.55
			2,342,488	100	2,338,835	100	4,681,323	100
Registered voters/Turnout			4,027,433	58.16	4,027,433	57.97	8,054,866	58.11

By-elections

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2019 Shetland by-election, Lib Dem hold
2017 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire by-election, Con hold
2014 Cowdenbeath by-election, Lab hold
2013 Dunfermline by-election, Lab gain from SNP
2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, SNP hold
2006 Moray by-election, SNP hold
2005 Glasgow Cathcart by-election, Lab hold
2001 Banff and Buchan by-election, SNP hold
2001 Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, Lab hold
2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-election, Lab hold
2000 Ayr by-election, Con gain from Lab

UK Parliament

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Scotland election results by percentage of popular vote, 1900–2019. Conservative total includes Liberal Unionists 1900–1910 and Liberal Nationals 1931–1964. Liberal total incorporates Liberal Party (1900–1979), Alliance (1983–1987) and Liberal Democrats (since 1992).

2024

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2024 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	37	Increase36	57	851,897	35.3	Increase16.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	9	Decrease39	57	724,758	30.0	Decrease15.0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	Decrease1	57	307,344	12.7	Decrease12.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Increase4	57	234,228	9.7	Increase0.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	New	57	167,979	7.0	Increase6.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	44	92,685	3.8	Increase2.8
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady		35,919	1.5	Increase1.4
Turnout					2,414,810	59.2	Decrease8.4

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2019

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2019 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	48	Increase13	59^{[note 1]}	1,242,380	45.0	Increase8.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Decrease7	59^{[note 2]}	692,939	25.1	Decrease3.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	4	Steady	59	263,417	9.5	Increase2.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Decrease6	59^{[note 3]}	511,838	18.6	Decrease8.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	22^[3]	28,122	1.0	Increase0.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	15	13,243	0.5	New
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	6	3,303	0.1	Decrease0.1
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady		3,819	0.1	Decrease0.2
Turnout					2,759,061	68.1	Increase1.7

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2017

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2017 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	35	Decrease21	59	977,569	36.9	Decrease13.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	13	Increase12	59	757,949	28.6	Increase13.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	7	Increase6	59*	717,007	27.1	Increase2.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	4	Increase3	59	179,061	6.8	Decrease0.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	3	5,886	0.2	Decrease1.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	10	5,302	0.2	Decrease1.4
Template:Party name with color no link	0	Steady	Steady	6,921	0.3	Steady
Turnout					2,649,695	66.4	Decrease4.7

2015

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2015 Map

At the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time.

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats, of total (%)	Seats contested	Votes	Votes, of total (%)	Change (%)
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	56	Increase 50	94.6	59	1,454,436	50.0	Increase30.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Decrease40	1.7	59*	707,147	24.3	Decrease17.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	0	1.7	59	434,097	14.9	Decrease1.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Decrease10	1.7	59	219,675	7.5	Decrease11.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	41	47,078	1.6	Increase0.9
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	32	39,205	1.3	Increase0.7
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	0	37	8,827	0.3	Decrease0.5
Turnout						2,910,465	71.1	Increase6.3

2010

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2010 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats, of total (%)	Candidates	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	41	Steady	69.4	59	1,035,528	42.0	Increase2.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	11	Steady	18.6	59	465,471	18.9	Decrease3.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Steady	10.16	59	491,386	19.9	Increase2.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Steady	1.69	59*	412,855	16.7	Increase0.9
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	34	17,223	0.7	Increase0.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	20	16,827	0.7	Decrease0.4
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	0	45	19,555	0.8	Increase0.14
Turnout:						2,465,722	63.8	Increase3.2

^* Philip Lardner, the Conservative candidate for North Ayrshire and Arran was disowned by the Conservative Party for comments he posted on his website, calling homosexuality 'abnormal'. It was too late for him to be replaced and he still read as the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party candidate on the ballot paper.

2005

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2005 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Seats, of total (%)	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	41	Decrease15	69.4	922,402	39.5	Decrease4.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	11	Increase1	18.6	528,076	22.6	Increase6.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Increase1	10.16	412,267	17.7	Decrease2.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Steady	1.7	369,388	15.8	Increase0.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	43,514	1.9	Decrease1.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	25,760	1.1	Increase1.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	0	8,859	0.4	Increase0.3
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	0	15,490	0.66
Turnout:					2,333,887	60.6	Increase 2.4

2001

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2001 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	56	Steady	1,001,173	43.3	Decrease2.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	10	Steady	378,034	16.3	Increase3.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	Decrease1	464,314	20.1	Decrease2.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Increase1	360,658	15.6	Decrease1.9
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	72,516	3.1	Increase2.8
Turnout:				2,315,703	58.2	Decrease13.1

1997

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1997 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	56	Increase7	1,283,350	45.6	Increase 6.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	10	Increase1	365,362	13.0	Decrease0.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	Increase3	621,550	22.1	Increase0.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Decrease11	493,059	17.5	Decrease8.2
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	53,427	2.0	Increase1.2
Turnout:				2,816,748	71.3	Decrease4.2

1992

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1992 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	49	Decrease 1	1,142,911	39.0	Decrease 3.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	11	Increase 1	751,950	25.6	Increase 1.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	9	Template:Nochange	383,856	13.1	Decrease 6.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Template:Nochange	629,564	21.5	Increase 7.4
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Template:Nochange	23,417	0.8	Increase 0.5
Turnout:				2,931,698	75.5	Increase 0.4

1987

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1987 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	50	Increase9	1,258,132	42.4	Increase7.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	10	Decrease11	713,081	24.0	Decrease4.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	9	Increase1	570,053	19.2	Decrease5.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Increase1	416,473	14.1	Increase2.3
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	10,069	0.3	Steady
Turnout:				2,967,808	75.1	Increase2.4

1983

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1983 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	41	Decrease3	990,654	35.1	Decrease6.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	21	Decrease1	801,487	28.4	Decrease3.0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	8	Increase5^[6]	692,634	24.5	Increase15.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	Steady	331,975	11.8	Decrease5.5
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	7,830	0.3	Increase0.2
Turnout:				2,824,580	72.7

1979

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1979 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	44	Increase 3	1,211,455	41.5	Increase 5.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	22	Increase 6	916,155	31.4	Increase 6.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	Decrease 9	504,259	17.3	Decrease 13.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Steady	262,224	9.0	Increase 0.7
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	13,737	0.5	New
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	2,881	0.1	Increase 0.1
Turnout:				2,916,637	76.84

October 1974

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October 1974 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	41	Increase 1	1,000,581	36.3	Decrease 0.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	16	Decrease 5	681,327	24.7	Decrease 8.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	11	Increase 4	839,617	30.4	Increase 8.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Template:Nochange	228,855	8.3	Increase 0.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Template:Nochange	7,453	0.3	Decrease 0.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Template:Nochange	86	0.0	New
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Template:Nochange	182	0.0	Decrease 0.1
Turnout:				2,758,101	74.81

February 1974

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File:United Kingdom general election 1974 Feb in Scotland.svg

February 1974 Map

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	40	Decrease 4	1,057,601	36.6	Decrease 7.9
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	21	Decrease 2	950,668	32.9	Decrease 5.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	7	Increase 6	633,180	21.9	Increase 10.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Template:Nochange	229,162	7.9	Increase 2.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Template:Nochange	15,071	0.5	Increase 0.1
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Template:Nochange	1,393	0.1	Decrease 0.1
Turnout:				2,887,075	78.86

1970

File:United Kingdom general election 1970 in Scotland.svg

1970 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	44	Decrease 2	1,197,068	44.5	Decrease 5.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	23	Increase 3	1,020,674	38.0	Increase 0.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Increase 1	306,802	11.4	Increase 6.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	3	Decrease 2	147,667	5.5	Decrease 1.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	11,408	0.4	Decrease 0.2
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	4,616	0.2	Increase 0.2
Turnout:				2,688,235	73.91

1966

File:United Kingdom general election 1966 in Scotland.svg

1966 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	46	Increase 3	1,273,916	49.9	Increase 1.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	20	Decrease 4	960,675	37.6	Decrease 3.0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	Increase 1	172,447	6.8	Decrease 0.8
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	128,474	5.0	Increase 2.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	16,230	0.6	Increase 0.1
Template:Party name with colour no link	0	Steady	638	0.0	Decrease 0.2
Turnout:				2,552,380

1964

File:United Kingdom general election 1964 in Scotland.svg

1964 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	43	Increase 5	1,283,667	48.7	Increase 2.0
	Unionist	24	Decrease 1	981,641	37.3	Decrease 2.5
	National Liberal & Conservative	0	Decrease 6	88,054	3.3	Decrease 4.2
	Liberal	4	Increase 3	200,063	7.6	Increase 3.5
	SNP	0	Steady	64,044	2.4	Increase 1.6
	Communist	0	Steady	12,241	0.5	Steady 0.0
	Other	0	Steady	4,829	0.2	Increase 0.1
Total		71		2,634,539	100

1959

File:United Kingdom general election 1959 in Scotland.svg

1959 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	38	Increase 4	1,245,255	46.7	Steady 0.0
	Unionist	25	Decrease 5	1,060,609	39.8	Decrease 1.7
	National Liberal & Conservative	6	Steady	199,678	7.5	Decrease 1.1
	Liberal	1	Steady	108,963	4.1	Increase 2.1
	Independent Unionist	1	Increase 1	12,163	0.5	New
	SNP	0	Steady	21,738	0.8	Increase 0.3
	Communist	0	Steady	12,150	0.5	New
	Fife Socialist League	0	Steady	4,886	0.2	New
	Other	0	Steady	2,071	0.1	Decrease 0.2
Total		71		2,667,513	100

1955

File:United Kingdom general election 1955 in Scotland.svg

1955 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	30	Increase 1	1,056,209	41.5	Increase 1.6
	National Liberal & Conservative	6	Steady	217,733	8.6	Decrease 0.1
	Labour Party	34	Decrease 1	1,188,058	46.7	Decrease 1.2
	Liberal	1	Steady	47,273	1.9	Decrease0.8
	Communist	0	Steady	13,195	0.5	Increase 0.1
	SNP	0	Steady	12,112	0.5	Increase 0.2
	Other	0	Steady	8,674	0.3	Increase 0.2
Total		71		2,543,254	100

1951

File:United Kingdom general election 1951 in Scotland.svg

1951 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	29	Increase 3	1,108,321	39.9	Increase 2.7
	National Liberal & Conservative	6	Increase 1	240,977	8.7	Increase 1.1
	Labour Party	35	Decrease 2	1,330,244	47.9	Increase 1.7
	Liberal	1	Decrease 1	76,291	2.7	Decrease 3.9
	Communist	0	Steady	10,947	0.4	Decrease 0.6
	SNP	0	Steady	7,299	0.3	Decrease 0.1
	Other	0	Decrease 1	3,758	0.1	Decrease 0.9
Total		71		2,777,837	100

1950

File:1950 general Election in Scotland, showing Ross and Cromarty coloured light yellow.png

1950 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	37	Steady	1,259,410	46.2	Decrease 1.7
	Unionist	26	Increase 2	1,013,909	37.2	Increase 0.5
	National Liberal & Conservative	5	Increase 2	208,101	7.6	Increase 4.0
	Liberal	2	Increase 2	180,270	6.6	Increase 1.0
	SNP	0	Steady	9,708	0.4	Decrease 0.9
	Communist	0	Decrease 1	27,559	1.0	Decrease 0.4
	Other	1	Decrease 2	27,727	1.0	Decrease 0.7
Total		71		2,726,684	100

1945

File:United Kingdom general election 1945 in Scotland.svg

1945 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour Party	37	Increase 17	1,144,310	47.9	Increase 11.1
	Unionist	24	Decrease 11	878,206	36.7	Decrease 5.3
	National Liberal & Conservative	3	Decrease 4	85,937	3.6	Decrease 3.1
	Independent Labour Party	3	Decrease 1	40,725	1.7	Decrease 3.3
	Independent Liberal	2	Increase 2	26,127	1.1	Increase 1.1
	Communist	1	-	33,265	1.4	Increase 0.8
	Independent Unionist	1	Increase 1	13,647	0.6	Increase 0.6
	Liberal	0	Decrease 3	132,849	5.6	Decrease 1.1
	SNP	0	-	30,595	1.3	Increase 0.2
	Common Wealth Party	0	-	4,231	0.2	Increase 0.2
Total		71		2,389,892	100

1935

File:United Kingdom general election 1935 in Scotland.svg

1935 Map

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Party			Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	National Government (Total)		43	Decrease 21	1,135,403	49.8	Decrease 15.2
		Unionist	35	Decrease 13	962,595	42.0	Decrease 7.5
		National Liberal	7		149,072	6.7
		National Labour	1		19,115	0.9	Decrease 0.1
		National	0		4,621	0.2
	Labour Party		20	Increase 13	863,789	36.8	Increase 4.2
	Liberal		3	Decrease 4	174,235	6.7	Decrease 1.9
	Independent Labour Party		4		111,256	5.0
	SNP		0		25,652	1.1
	Communist		1	Increase 1	13,462	0.6	Decrease 0.8
Total			71		2,323,797	100

1931

File:United Kingdom general election 1931 in Scotland.svg

1931 Map

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Party			Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	National Government (Total)		64		1,385,385	64.0
		Unionist	48	Increase28	1,056,768	49.5	Increase13.6
		National Liberal & Conservative	8	New	101,430	4.9	New
		Liberal	7	Decrease6	205,384	8.6	Decrease9.5
		National Labour	1	New	21,803	1.0	New
	Labour Party		7	Decrease30	696,248	32.6	Decrease9.7
	Communist		0	Template:Nochange	35,618	1.4	Increase0.3
	National Party of Scotland		0	Template:Nochange	20,954	1.0	Increase0.8
	New Party		0	New	3,895	0.2	New
	Other		0		32,229	0.8
Total			71		2,174,329	100

1929

File:United Kingdom general election 1929 in Scotland.svg

1929 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	37	Increase 11	931,432	43.1	Increase 2.0
	Unionist	20	Decrease 16	776,397	35.9	Decrease 4.8
	Liberal	13	Increase 5	390,896	18.1	Increase 1.5
	Scottish Prohibition	1	-	25,037	1.2
	Communist	0	-	24,868	1.1	Increase 0.4
	National Party of Scotland	0	-	3,313	0.2	New
	Other	0		8,613	0.4
Total		71		2,161,350	100

1924

File:United Kingdom general election 1924 in Scotland.svg

1924 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	36	Increase 22	688,299	40.7	Increase 9.1
	Labour	26	Decrease 8	697,146	41.1	Increase 5.2
	Liberal	8	Decrease 14	286,540	16.6	Decrease 11.8
	Communist	0	-	15,930	0.7	Decrease 1.7
	Other	1	-	29,193	0.9	Decrease 0.8
Total		71		1,717,108	100

1923

File:United Kingdom general election 1923 in Scotland.png

1923 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	34	Increase 5	532,450	35.9	Increase 3.7
	Liberal (Reunited)	22	Decrease 5	422,995	28.4	Decrease 10.8
	Unionist	14	Increase 1	468,526	31.6	Increase 6.5
	Communist	0	Decrease 1	39,448	2.4	Increase 1.0
	Other	1	-	37,908	1.7	Decrease 0.4
Total		71		1,501,327	100

1922

File:United Kingdom general election 1922 in Scotland.svg

1922 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Labour	29	Increase 23	501,254	32.2	Increase 9.3
	Liberal	15	Increase 7	328,649	21.5	Increase 6.1
	Unionist	13		379,396	25.1
	National Liberal	12	Decrease 13	288,529	17.7	Decrease 1.4
	Communist	1		23,944	1.4
	Other	1		47,589	2.1
Total		71		1,569,361	100

1918

File:United Kingdom general election 1918 in Scotland.svg

1918 Map

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Party			Seats	Votes	%	% Change
	Coalition (Total)		54	584,259	52.3
		Coalition Unionist	28	336,530	30.8
		Coalition Liberal	25	221,145	19.1
		Coalition Labour	1	14,247	1.3
		Coalition NDP	0	12,337	1.1
	Labour		6	265,744	22.9	+19.3
	Liberal		8	163,960	15.0	-36.6
	Unionist		2	21,939	2.0
	Co-operative Party		0	19,841	1.8
	Highland Land League		0	8,710	0.8
	Scottish Prohibition Party		0	5,212	0.5
	NDP		0	4,297	0.4
	Other		1	52,749	4.7
Total			71	1,126,711	100

1910 December

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	57	Decrease 1	306,378	53.6	Decrease 0.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	10	Increase 1	244,785	42.6	Increase 3.0
	Labour Party	3	Increase 1	24,633	3.6	Decrease 1.5
	Other	0	Decrease 1	1,947	0.2	Decrease 0.9
Total		70		577,743	100

1910 January

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	58	Template:Nochange	354,847	54.2	Decrease 2.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	9	Decrease 1	260,033	39.6	Increase 1.4
	Labour Party	2	Template:Nochange	37,852	5.1	Increase 2.8
	Other	1	Increase 1	7,710	1.1
Total		70		660,442	100

1906

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	58	Increase 24	336,400	56.4	Increase 6.2
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	10	Decrease 26	225,802	38.2	Decrease 10.8
	Labour	2	Increase 2	16,897	2.3
	Other	0		17,815	3.1
Total		70		596,914	100

1900

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	36	Increase 5	237,217	49.0	Increase 1.6
	Liberal	34	Decrease 5	245,092	50.2	Decrease 1.5
	Scottish Workers'	0	Template:Nochange	3,107	0.6
	Other	0	Template:Nochange	814	0.2
Total		70		486,230	100

1895

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	39	Decrease 12	236,446	51.7	Decrease 2.2
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	31	Increase 12	214,403	47.4	Increase 3
	Independent Labour Party	0	Template:Nochange	4,269	0.8	Increase 0.8
Total		70			100

1892

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	Increase 8	256,944	53.9	Increase 0.3
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	19	Decrease 8	209,944	44.4	Decrease 2.0
	Scottish Trades Councils Labour	0	Template:Nochange	2,313	0.5	Increase 0.5
	Scottish Parliamentary Labour	0	Template:Nochange	2,043	0.4	Increase 0.4
	Other	0	Template:Nochange	3,886	0.8	Increase 0.8
Total		70		475,130	100

1886

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	43	Decrease 8	193,801	53.6	Increase 0.3
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	27	Increase 19	164,314	46.4	Increase 12.1
Total		70		358,115	100

1885

File:United Kingdom general election 1885 in Scotland.svg

1885 Map

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	Decrease 1	238,627	53.3	Decrease 16.8
	Conservative	8	Increase 2	151,137	34.3	Increase 4.4
	Independent Liberal & Crofters Party	4	Increase 4	16,551	3.7	Increase 3.7
	Independent Liberal	7	Increase 7	38,214	8.6	Increase 8.6
	Others	0	Template:Nochange	38,214	8.6	Increase 8.6
	Scottish Land Restoration League	0	Template:Nochange	2,359	0.5	Increase 0.5
Total		70	Increase 12	446,888	100

1880

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	52	Increase 12	195,517	70.1	Increase 1.7
	Conservative	6	Decrease 12	75,145	29.9	Decrease 1.7
Total		58		269,662	100

1874

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	40	Decrease 11	148,345	68.4	Decrease 14.1
	Conservative	18	Increase 11	63,193	31.6	Increase 14.1
Total		58		211,538	100

1868

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	51	Increase 9	125,356	82.5	Decrease 2.9
	Conservative	7	Decrease 4	23,985	17.5	Increase 2.9
Total		58	Increase 5	149,341	100

1865

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	42	Increase2	43,480	85.4	Increase 21.0
	Conservative	11	Decrease2	4,305	14.6	Decrease 19.0
Total		53		47,785	100

1859

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	40	Increase1	5,174	66.4	Decrease 18.4
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	13	Decrease1	2,616	33.6	Increase 18.4
Total		53		7,790	100

1857

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	39	Increase 6	31,999	84.8	Increase 12.2
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	14	Decrease 6	4,060	15.2	Decrease 12.2
Total		53		36,059	100

1852

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	-	21,015	72.6	Decrease 9.1
	Conservative & Liberal Conservative	20	-	6,955	27.4	Increase 9.1
Total		53		27,970	100

1847

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	-	20,092	81.7	Increase 19.9
	Conservative & Liberal Conservative	20	-	3,509	18.3	Decrease 20.0
Total		53		23,601	100

1841

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	31	Decrease 2	16,356	60.8	Increase 6.8
	Conservative	22	Increase 2	9,793	38.3	Decrease 8.3
	Chartist	0		385	0.9
Total		53		26,354	100

1837

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	33	Decrease 5	22,082	54.0	Decrease 8.8
	Conservative	20	Increase 5	18,569	46.0	Increase 8.8
Total		53	-	40,651	100

1835

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Whig	38	Decrease 5	28,307	62.8	Decrease 16.2
	Conservative	15	Increase 5	15,733	37.2	Increase 16.2
Total		53		44,040	100

1832

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Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
	Whig	43	Increase 22	44,003	79.0
	Tory	10	Decrease 13	9,752	21.0
Total		53		53,755	100

1831

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Party		Seats	Seats change	%
	Tory	23	Decrease 10
	Whig	21	Increase 9
	Doubtful	1	Increase 1
Total		45		100

1830

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Party		Seats	%
	Tory	33
	Whig	12
Total		45	100

Local councils

Since 1995, local elections in Scotland have been generally held every four years for all the 32 unitary authorities created under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Between 1975 and 1992, elections were held every two years for either district or regional council, which sat for four-year terms. Those arrangements were set up by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

As one consequence of the Gould Report,^[7] which was a response to the fiasco of the 2007 elections, the next council elections were scheduled for 2012 (one year after the Parliamentary elections in 2011).

2022

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2017

The elections were held again using the STV system of proportional representation, and as with the 2012 Scottish local elections, they were delayed for one year to ensure they were not held on the same day as the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections (which was delayed for a year, owing to the 2015 general election). For full analysis see 2017 Scottish local elections.

2012

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Past elections

By-elections

2008

date to be announced: Abbey (4-member ward), Dumfries and Galloway, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 2 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab)
1 May: Troup (3-member ward), Aberdeenshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Ind)
6 March: Cambuslang East (3-member ward), South Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab gain from SNP (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 3 Lab)
28 Feb: Lerwick South (4-member ward), Shetland, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Ind hold (result May 2007: 4 Ind; after by election: 4 Ind)
21 Feb: Highland (3-member ward), Perth and Kinross, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 1 Con; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Con)
14 Feb: Elgin City South (3-member ward), Moray, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Lab, 1 Ind; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)
31 January: Kilsyth (3-member ward), North Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab hold (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 2 Lab, 1 SNP)

2007

22 November: Lochee (4-member ward), Dundee, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 2 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 2 Lab)
4 October: Helensburgh and Lomond South (3-member ward), Argyll and Bute, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lib Dem gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem; after by election: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Con)
16 August: Midstocket/Rosemount (3-member ward), Aberdeen, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Con (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)

2006

8 December: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Lab hold (16% swing Lab to SNP)
28 September: Markinch and Woodside East, Fife, SNP gain from Lab
10 August: Lochardil, Highland, Lib Dem gain from Ind
15 June: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, SNP gain from Lab
18 May: Altonhill Hillhead and Longpark, East Ayrshire, SNP hold
11 May: Biggar, Symington and Black Mount, South Lanarkshire, Con gain from SNP
30 March: Avondale South, South Lanarkshire, Con hold
30 March: Borestone, Stirling, SNP gain from Lab
30 March: King's Park, Glasgow, Lib Dem gain from Lab
16 February: Milton, Glasgow, SNP gain from Lab
2 February: North Carrick and Maybole East, South Ayrshire, Ind gain from Lab

2005

8 December: Kirkshaws, North Lanarkshire, Lab hold
10 November: Knightswood Park, Glasgow, Lab hold
10 November: Loanhead, Midlothian, SNP gain from Ind
10 November: Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Con hold
13 October: Lochside, Dumfries and Galloway, Lab gain from Ind
29 September: Auchtertool and Burntisland East, Fife, SNP gain from Ind
11 August: Herbertshire, Falkirk, SNP gain from Lab
16 June: Kildrum and Park, North Lanarkshire, SNP gain from Ind
9 June: Huntly East, Aberdeenshire, Con hold
9 June: Kilnknowe and Clovenfords, Borders, SNP gain from Ind
17 March: Dalkeith/Woodburn, Midlothian, Lib Dem gain from Lab
17 March: Dumbarton West, West Dunbartonshire, Lab hold

European Parliament

In 1999, a Scotland-wide constituency replaced eight first-past-the-post constituencies used in the elections between 1979 and 1994. This returned eight MEPs under the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation system. Since then the number of MEPs returned by Scotland has been reduced twice, to seven in 2004, and then to six in 2009.

Following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, Scotland no longer elects representatives to the European Parliament.

Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.

2019

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European Election 2019: Scotland^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alyn Smith, Christian Allard, Aileen McLeod Margaret Ferrier, Heather Anderson, Alex Kerr^[12]	594,553 (198,184.3)	37.8%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Louis Stedman-Bryce Karina Walker, James Ferguson-Hannah, Stuart Waiton, Paul Aitken, Calum Walker	233,006	14.8%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sheila Ritchie Fred Mackintosh, Catriona Bhatia, Vita Zaporozcenko, John Edward, Clive Sneddon^[13]	218,285	13.8%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Nosheena Mobarik Ian McGill, Shona Haslam, Iain Whyte, Andrea Gee, Michael Kusznir^[14]	182,476	11.6%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Martin, Jayne Baxter, Craig Miller, Amy Lee Fraioli, Callum O’Dwyer, Angela Bretherton^[15]	146,724	9.3%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Maggie Chapman, Lorna Slater, Gillian Mackay, Chas Booth, Mags Hall, Allan Faulds	129,603	8.2%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Macdonald,¹ Kate Forman, Peter Griffiths, Heather Astbury, Colin McFadyen, Cathy Edgeworth	30,004	1.9%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Donald MacKay, Janice MacKay, Otto Inglis, Mark Meechan, Roy Hill^[16]	28,418	1.8%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gordon Edgar^[17]	6,128	0.4%	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ken Parke^[17]	2,049	0.1%	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			1,561,226	39.9%	Script error: No such module "String".

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2014

European Parliament election 2014: Scotland^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Stephen Gethins, Toni Giugliano, Chris Stephens	389,503 (194,751.5)	29.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Martin, Catherine Stihler, Derek Munn, Katrina Murray, Asim Khan, Kirsty O'Brien	348,219 (174,109.5)	25.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Duncan, Belinda Don, Nosheena Mobarik, Jamie Gardiner, Iain McGill, Stuart McIntyre	231,330	16.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Coburn, Kevin Newton, Otto Inglis, Denise Baykal, Hugh Hatrick, Malcolm Mackay	140,534	10.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Maggie Chapman, Chas Booth, Grace Murray, Alastair Whitelaw, Anne Thomas, Steen Parish	108,305	8.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Lyon, Christine Jardine, Richard Brodie, Jade Holden, Siobhan Mathers, Euan Davidson	95,319	7.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James Dowson, John Arthur Randall, Jayda Fransen, Geoffrey Clynch, Margaret Clynch, Jane Shepherd	13,551	2.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kenneth McDonald, David Orr, Victoria McKenzie, Angus Matthys, Paul Stafford, Stacey Fleming	10,150	0.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Foster. Andrew Elliott, Murdo Maclean, Gail Morrow, Brian Smith, Richard Veitch	6,388	0.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			1,343,299	33.5%	Script error: No such module "String".

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2009

European Parliament election 2009: Scotland^[22]^[23]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Aileen McLeod, Drew Hendry, Duncan Ross, Gordon Archer	321,007 (160,503.5)	29.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Mary Lockhart, Paul McAleavely, Kirsty Connell, Nasim Khan^[24]	229,853 (114,926.5)	20.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Struan Stevenson Belinda Don, Helen Gardiner, Donald G. MacDonald, Gerald Michaluk, PJ Lewis^[25]	185,794	16.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Lyon Euan Robson, Robert Aldridge, Patsy Kenton, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon^[26]	127,038	11.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elaine Morrison, Chas Booth, Kirsten Robb, Alastair Whitelaw, Ruth Dawkins, Peter McColl	80,442	7.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Peter Adams, Paul Hencke, Phillip Anderson, Matthew Desmond, Donald Mackay, Paul Wiffen, Kathleen Desmond^[27]	57,788	5.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Gary Raikes, Charlie Baillie, Deborah McKnight, Roy Jones, Max Dunbar, Elise Jones^[28]	27,174	2.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Louise McDaid, David Jacobsen, Katherine McGavigan, James Berrington, Claire Watt, James McDaid	22,135	2.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sheila McLaughlan, John Smart, Brian Ross, Archie Linnegan, Christine Cormack, Isobel Anne Macleod	16,738	1.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Colin Fox, Angela Gorrie, Johanna Dind, Nick McKerrell, Raphie de Santos, Felicity Garvie	10,404	0.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Duncan Robertson	10,189	0.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Foster, Tommy Sheridan, Leah Ganley, Stuart Hyslop, Ajit Singh Uppal, Tom Morrison	9,693	0.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alan Wallace, John O'Callaghan, Stuart Brown, Kenneth Lees, Mev Brown, Austin Compson-Bradford^[29]	6,257	0.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			1,104,512	28.5	Script error: No such module "String".

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2004

European Parliament election 2004: Scotland^[30]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Martin, Catherine Stihler Bill Miller, Kirsty O'Brien, Colin Smyth, Catriona Renton, Gemma Doyle	310,865 (155,432.5)	26.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Hudghton, Alyn Smith Kenneth Gibson, Douglas Henderson, Alexander Nicholson, Alex Orr, Janet Law, Duncan Ross	231,505 (115,752.5)	19.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Anne Harper, Paul Nelson, Douglas Taylor	209,028 (104,514)	17.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Alex Bruce, Karen Freel, Douglas Herbison, Clive Sneddon, Christine James, Jermaine Allison	154,178	13.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Chas Booth, Tara O'Leary, Martin Bartos, Moira Dunworth, Alastair Whitelaw, Katherine Joester, James Park	79,695	6.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Peter Troy, Philip Anderson, George Cormack, Michael Phillips, Janice Murdock, Donald Mackay, Peter Nielson	78,828	6.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Felicity Garvie, Nick McKerrel, Hugh Kerr, Catriona Grant, Lynn Sheridan, John Sangster, Andrew Rossiter	61,356	5.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Hargreaves, William Thompson, Richard Russell, David Braid, Marion McNeill, Mary Hay, Rose Irtwange	21,056	1.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Steven Blake, Scott McLean, David Kerr, Stephen Burns, Bryan Dickson, Craig McComb, John Bean^[31]	19,427	1.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Scottish Wind Watch	Brendan Hamill, Sylvia Thorne, Charles Bennie, Jennifer Scobie, Bennie Palmer, Helen Pass, Richard Hammock	7,255	0.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Fergus Tait	3,624	0.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			1,176,817	30.9	Script error: No such module "String".

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1999

European Parliament election 1999: Scotland^[32]
List		Candidates	Votes	Of total (%)	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />± from prev.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David Martin, Bill Miller, Catherine Taylor Christine May, Hugh McMahon, James Paton, John Clifford, Jeanette Bradley	283,490 (94,496.67)	28.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ian Hudghton, Neil MacCormick Anne Gillies, Gordon Wilson, Janet Law, Kris Browne, Ian Goldie, Josephine Docherty	268,528 (134,264)	27.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Struan Stevenson, John Purvis Anne Harper, Cameron Buchanan, Sebastian Leslie, Iain Mitchell, Peter Ramsay, Anthony Gilbey	195,296 (97,648)	19.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elspeth Attwooll Robert Aldridge, Neil Mitchison, Heather Lyall, Clive Sneddon, Danus Skene, Karen Freel, Jayne Struthers	96,971	9.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Marion Coyne, Eleanor Scott, Phil O'Brien, Graeme Farmer, Linda Hendry, Chris Ballance, Kay Allan, Alastair Whitelaw	57,142	5.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Hugh Kerr, Rosie Kane, Harvey Duke, Catherine Stewart, Colin Fox, Shareen Blackall, Steve Arnott, Frances Curran	39,720	4.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Paul Dwyer, Joanna Lavender, Douglas McConchie, Richard Ashurst, Neasa MacEarlean, Oliver Grant, Alexander Skinner, James Waters	17,781	1.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Alistair McConnachie, Donald Mackay, James McKenna, Stuart Brown, Matthew Henderson, Joseph Smith, Peter Nielson, John Mumford	12,459	1.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Louise McDaid, Christopher Herriot, Katharine McGavigan, Stephen Mayes, Patricia Graham, Colin Turbett, Margaret Stead, James Galloway	9,385	1.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kenneth Smith, Scott McLean,^[33] Russell Bradley, Mark Allen, Paul Wilkinson, Robert Currie, David Kerr,^[34] James Mills	3,729	0.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	James McKissock, George Stidolph, Diana Kras, Kenneth Blair, David Pettigrew, Iain Petrie, Anna Rawlinson, Thomas Pringle	2,087	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	Charles Lawson	1,632	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			988,310	24.7	Script error: No such module "String".

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Pre-1999 elections

For full details of results please referee to related articles;

1994

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	6	-1	635,955	42.51	+0.65
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	+1	487,239	32.57	+6.94
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	216,669	14.48	–6.41
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	107,811	7.21	+2.92
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	23,304	1.56	–5.69
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	12,113	0.81	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	5,037	0.34	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	3,249	0.22	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	1,832	0.12	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	1,096	0.07	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	689	0.05	–0.02
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	584	0.04	–
	International Communist	0	Steady	381	0.03	+0.02
Turnout:				1,495,959

1989

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	7	+2	664,263	41.86	+0.87
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Steady	406,686	25.63	+7.81
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–2	331,495	20.89	–4.83
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	115,028	7.25	+7.05
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	68,056	4.29	–11.31
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	1,164	0.07	–
	International Communist	0	–	193	0.01	–
Turnout:				1,586,885

1984

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	+3	526,066	40.99	+8.00
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	–3	332,771	25.72	–7.96
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	Steady	230,594	17.82	–1.56
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	Steady	201,782	15.60	–1.65
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	2,560	0.20	–
Turnout:				1,293,773

1979

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	5	–	430,772	33.68	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	2	–	421,968	32.99	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	1	–	247,836	19.38	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	0	–	178,433	13.95	–
Turnout:				1,279,009

Referendums

To date eight referendums have been held in Scotland, covering a wide range of issues.

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