List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1955–1959)
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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-first parliament of the United Kingdom (1955–1959) at the 1955 United Kingdom general election.[1]
As of 2024, this was the last election in which the Conservative and Unionist Party won the largest number of votes in Scotland and the most seats in the country.[2]
Composition
[edit]Affiliation | Members | |
---|---|---|
Unionist Party | 36 | |
Labour Party | 34 | |
National Liberal | 6 | |
Liberal | 1 |
List
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1955: Election victory for Tories under Eden". 1955-05-27. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ Devine, Tom (2014-09-14). "How history turned against Tory-voting Scotland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Hector Hughes (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Lady Grant of Monymusk (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Robert Boothby (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Patrick Wolrige-Gordon (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Undergraduate Stands for Parliament". Birmingham Post. Birmingham. 11 Nov 1958. p. 24. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Major Henry Spence (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Colin Thornton-Kemsley (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Captain James Duncan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Major Sir Duncan McCallum (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Michael Noble (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "CONSERVATIVE SUCCESS. Labour Foot of the Poll". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Douglas Spencer-Nairn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir Charles MacAndrew (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Emrys Hughes (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir William Duthie (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Viscount Lambton (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr John Timmons (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr David Robertson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mrs Jean Mann (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Niall Macpherson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Cyril Bence (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Steele (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr George Thomson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Evelyn Strachey (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James Clunie (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Oswald (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Eustace George Willis (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James Hoy (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr William Milligan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Lord John Hope (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir William Darling (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Michael Hutchison (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Lieut-Colonel Sir George Hutchison (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir James Henderson-Stewart (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Willie Hamilton (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr John Mackie (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Henry Brewis (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James Carmichael (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir John Henderson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James McInnes (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Jack Browne (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Alice Cullen (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Jon Rankin (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Hon. Thomas Galbraith (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Walter Elliot (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mrs Mary McAlister (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr William Hannan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir John George (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr William Reid (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James Hutchison (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr John McGovern (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr John Forman (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr William Grant (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Hector McNeill (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Dr Dickson Mabon (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Fraser (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Neil Maclean (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr William Ross (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Gilmour Leburn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Hubbard (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Hon. Patrick Maitland (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Miss Peggy Herbison (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr David Pryde (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr James Stuart (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr George Lawson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Jo Grimond (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Douglas Johnston (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Colonel Sir Alan Gomme-Duncan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Major Guy Lloyd (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Hon. John Maclay (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Sir John Macleod (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Commander Charles Donaldson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Richard Brooman-White (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Malcolm Macpherson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Arthur Woodburn (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Alfred Balfour (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr John Taylor (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Mr Malcolm Macmillan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-17.