1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
	Results of the 1955 election in Scotland Conservative/Unionist Labour Liberal National Liberal

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 26 May 1955 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.^[1]^[2] The election brought unparalleled success to the Unionist Party, which gained 41.5% of the vote and 36 of the 71 seats at Westminster.^[3] It is often cited as the only time since the Second World War that one party has achieved a majority of the Scottish vote, although six of the Unionist MPs were returned that year under the label of "National Liberal and Conservatives".

While the 1955 General Election is often cited as the last election in which the Conservative and Unionist Party returned a majority vote from Scotland, it predates the 1965 merger with the Conservative Party by a decade. The two parties were separate entities, albeit closely associated.

MPs

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Unionist	30	1	1,056,209	41.5	1.6
	National Liberal & Conservative	6		217,733	8.6	0.1
	Labour Party	34	1	1,188,058	46.7	1.2
	Liberal	1		47,273	1.9	0.8
	Communist	0		13,195	0.5	0.1
	SNP	0		12,112	0.5	0.2
	Other	0		8,674	0.3	0.2
Total		71		2,543,254	100

Votes summary

Popular vote^[a]

Unionist			50.09%
Labour			46.71%
Liberal			1.86%
Other			1.34%

Parliamentary seats^[a]

Unionist			50.70%
Labour			47.88%
Liberal			1.41%

Notes

1 2 3 The seat and vote count figures for the Unionists given here include the National Liberals

References

↑ "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020.
↑ Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-907278-03-7.
↑ Torrance, David (April 2018). "'Standing up for Scotland': The Scottish Unionist Party and 'nationalist unionism', 1912–68". Scottish Affairs. 27 (2): 179. doi:10.3366/scot.2018.0235 – via Edinburgh University Press.

[efn1-1] 1 2 3 The seat and vote count figures for the Unionists given here include the National Liberals

[2] "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020.

[R&T-3] Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-907278-03-7.

[SA18-4] Torrance, David (April 2018). "'Standing up for Scotland': The Scottish Unionist Party and 'nationalist unionism', 1912–68". Scottish Affairs. 27 (2): 179. doi:10.3366/scot.2018.0235 – via Edinburgh University Press.

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