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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-eighth parliament of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1983) at the 1979 United Kingdom general election.

Composition at election

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 44
Conservative Party 22
Liberal 3
Scottish National Party 2
 Total 71

Composition at dissolusion

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 44
Conservative Party 20
Alliance 6
Scottish National Party 2
 Total 71

List

Constituency MP Party Notes
Aberdeen North Robert Hughes Labour
Aberdeen South Ian Sproat Conservative
Argyll John Mackay Conservative
Ayr George Younger Conservative
Banffshire David Myles Conservative
Berwick and East Lothian John Home Robertson Labour
Bothwell James Hamilton Labour
Bute and North Ayrshire John Corrie Conservative
Caithness and Sutherland Robert Maclennon Labour SDP/Alliance 1981-
Central Ayrshire David Lambie Labour
Central Dunbartonshire Hugh McCartney Labour
Central Fife Willie Hamilton Labour
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Martin O'Niell Labour
Coatbridge and Airdrie James Dempsey Labour 1982 By-election
Dumfriesshire Sir Hector Munro Conservative
Dundee East Gordon Wilson SNP
Dundee West Ernie Ross Labour
Dunfermline Dick Douglas Labour Co-operative
East Aberdeenshire Albert McQuarrie Conservative
East Dunbartonshire Norman Hogg Labour
East Fife Barry Henderson Conservative
East Kilbride Maurice Miller Labour
East Renfrewshire Allen Stewart Conservative
Edinburgh Central Robin Cook Labour
Edinburgh East Gavin Strang Labour
Edinburgh Leith Ron Brown Labour
Edinburgh North Alex Fletcher Conservative
Edinburgh Pentlands Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
Edinburgh South Michael Ancram Conservative
Edinburgh West James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative
Galloway Ian Lang Conservative
Glasgow Cathcart John Maxton Labour
Glasgow Central Thomas McMillan Labour 1980 By-election
Glasgow Craigton Bruce Millan Labour
Glasgow Garscadden Donald Dewar Labour
Glasgow Govan Andy McMahon Labour
Glasgow Hillhead Tam Galbraith Conservative 1982 By-election
Glasgow Kelvingrove Maurice Millar Labour
Glasgow Maryhill Jim Craigen Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Pollok James White Labour
Glasgow Provan Hugh Brown Labour
Glasgow Queen's Park Frank McElhone Labour 1982 By-election
Glasgow Shettleston David Marshall Labour
Glasgow Springburn Michael Martin Labour
Greenock and Port Glasgow Dickson Mabon Labour SDP/Alliance 1981-
Hamilton George Robertson Labour
Inverness Russell Johnston Liberal Alliance 1981-
Kilmarnock Willie McKelvey Labour
Kinross and West Perthshire Nicholas Fairbarn Conservative
Kirkcaldy Harry Gourley Labour
Lanark Judith Hart Labour
Midlothian Alex Eadie Labour
Moray and Nairn Alex Pollock Conservative
Motherwell and Wishaw Jeremy Bray Labour
North Angus and Mearns Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative
North Lanarkshire John Smith Labour
Orkney and Zetland Jo Grimond Liberal Alliance 1981-
Paisley Allen Adams Labour
Perth and East Perthshire Bill Walker Conservative
Ross and Cromarty Hamish Grey Conservative
Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles David Steel Liberal Alliance 1981-
Rutherglen Gregor Mackenzie Labour
South Angus Peter Fraser Conservative
South Ayrshire George Foulkes Labour
Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth Harry Ewing Labour
West Aberdeenshire Russell Fairgrieve Conservative
West Dunbartonshire Ian Campbell Labour
West Lothian Tom Dalyell Labour
West Renfrewshire Norman Buchan Labour
West Stirlingshire Dennis Canavan Labour
Na h-Eileanan an lar Donald Stewart SNP

By-elections

  • 1980 Glasgow Central By-Election, Bob McTaggart, Labour
  • 1982 Glasgow Hillhead By-election, Roy Jenkins, SDP/Alliance
  • 1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie By-election, Thomas Clarke, Labour
  • 1982 Glasgow Queen's Park By-election, Helen McElhone, Labour

See also

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