1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 18 June 1970 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. The Labour Party won the most seats for the fourth consecutive election, whilst the Scottish National Party won a seat for the first time in a general election, having won their first ever Westminster seat at the 1945 Motherwell by-election and another shock victory in the Hamilton by-election in 1967.

1970 United Kingdom general election
All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats, 49.9% 20 seats, 37.6%
Seats won 44 23
Seat change 2 3
Popular vote 1,197,068 1,020,674
Percentage 44.5% 38.0%
Swing 5.4% 0.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Lib
SNP
Leader Jeremy Thorpe William Wolfe
Party Liberal SNP
Last election 5 seats, 6.8% 0 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 147,667 306,802
Percentage 5.5% 11.4%
Swing 1.3% 6.4%
Results of the 1970 election in Scotland
Main article: 1970 United Kingdom general election
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