Scottish Westminster constituencies from 2005


As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Scotland is covered by 59 constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament - 19 Burgh constituencies and 40 County constituencies. Constituencies marked * appear on the Central Area Enlargement.
NameCurrent boundaries

  1. Aberdeen North BC
  2. Aberdeen South BC
  3. Airdrie and Shotts CC*
  4. Angus CC
  5. Argyll and Bute CC
  6. Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock CC
  7. Banff and Buchan CC
  8. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk CC
  9. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross CC
  10. Central Ayrshire CC*
  11. Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill BC*
  12. Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East CC*
  13. Dumfries and Galloway CC
  14. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale CC
  15. Dundee East BC
  16. Dundee West BC
  17. Dunfermline and West Fife CC
  18. East Dunbartonshire CC*
  19. East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow CC*
  20. East Lothian CC
  21. East Renfrewshire CC*
  22. Edinburgh East BC*
  23. Edinburgh North and Leith BC*
  24. Edinburgh South BC*
  25. Edinburgh South West BC*
  26. Edinburgh West BC*
  27. Falkirk CC*
  28. Glasgow Central BC*
  29. Glasgow East BC*
  30. Glasgow North BC*
  31. Glasgow North East BC*
  32. Glasgow North West BC*
  33. Glasgow South BC*
  34. Glasgow South West BC*
  35. Glenrothes CC*
  36. Gordon CC
  37. Inverclyde CC*
  38. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey CC
  39. Kilmarnock and Loudoun CC*
  40. Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath CC*
  41. Lanark and Hamilton East CC*
  42. Linlithgow and East Falkirk CC*
  43. Livingston CC*
  44. Midlothian CC*
  45. Moray CC
  46. Motherwell and Wishaw BC*
  47. Na h-Eileanan an Iar CC
  48. North Ayrshire and Arran CC
  49. North East Fife CC
  50. Ochil and South Perthshire CC
  51. Orkney and Shetland CC
  52. Paisley and Renfrewshire North CC*
  53. Paisley and Renfrewshire South CC*
  54. Perth and North Perthshire CC
  55. Ross, Skye and Lochaber CC
  56. Rutherglen and Hamilton West BC *
  57. Stirling CC
  58. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CC
  59. West Dunbartonshire CC*

Constituencies and council areas

The Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the ward boundaries dated from 1999. Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries.
The same council area and ward boundaries were in use when the new constituencies were first used in 2005, but ward boundaries have changed since then. New wards were introduced for the 2007 Scottish local government elections.
Council areasConstituencies
Aberdeen and AberdeenshireAberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Banff and Buchan
Gordon
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Angus and DundeeAngus
Dundee East
Dundee West
Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute
EdinburghEdinburgh East
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
Clackmannanshire and Perth and KinrossOchil and South Perthshire
Perth and North Perthshire
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South LanarkshireBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lanark and Hamilton East
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South AyrshireAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
Central Ayrshire
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
North Ayrshire and Arran
East Dunbartonshire and North LanarkshireAirdrie and Shotts
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
East Dunbartonshire
Motherwell and Wishaw
East LothianEast Lothian
East RenfrewshireEast Renfrewshire
Falkirk and West LothianFalkirk
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Livingston
FifeDunfermline and West Fife
Glenrothes
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
North East Fife
GlasgowGlasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
HighlandCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
InverclydeInverclyde
MidlothianMidlothian
MorayMoray
Na h-Eileanan SiarNa h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney Islands and Shetland IslandsOrkney and Shetland
RenfrewshirePaisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
StirlingStirling
West DunbartonshireWest Dunbartonshire

Results (2019)

The aggregate votes of all Scottish constituencies for the 2019 general election are as follows:
PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Scottish National Party1,242,38045.0%8.1%4813
Conservative692,93925.1%3.5%67
Labour511,83818.6%8.5%16
Liberal Democrats263,4179.5%2.7%40
Greens28,1221.0%0.8%00
Brexit13,2430.5%new00
Others7,1220.3%0.4%00
Total2,759,061100.059

List of constituencies by party

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for Scotland submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

Percentage votes

Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including the National Liberal Party up to 1966 and the Unionist Party up to 1964
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
SNP - Scottish National Party
Other - includes Scottish Green Party, UK Independence Party and Brexit Party

Seats

CON - Conservative Party, including the National Liberal Party up to 1966 and the Unionist Party up to 1964
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 1945 - Independent Labour Party ; Communist Party ; Independent Unionist ; 1959 - Independent Unionist
SNP - Scottish National Party