Support for the Labour Party in Scotland could have only been at the expense of the Liberal Party in Scotland. As the working class in Scotland became more politicised, so the Labour Party prospered. Miners and steel workers formed the backbone of support for the Labour Party between 1900 and 1979 and Scotland became a heartland of Labour support.
1906: 16,897 votes; 2 MP’s elected
1910 (Jan): 37,852 votes; 2 MP’s elected
1910 (Dec): 24,633 votes; 3 MP’s elected
1918: 265,744 votes; 6 MP’s elected *
1922: 501,254 votes; 12 MP’s elected
1923: 532,450 votes; 34 MP’s elected
1924: 697,146 votes; 26 MP’s elected
1929: 937,300 votes; 36 MP’s elected
1931: 696,248 votes; 7 MP’s elected~
1935: 863,789 votes; 20 MP’s elected~
1945: 1,144,310 votes; 37 MP’s elected
1950: 1,259,410 votes; 37 MP’s elected
1951: 1,330,244 votes; 35 MP’s elected
1955: 1,188,058 votes; 34 MP’s elected
1959: 1,245,255 votes; 38 MP’s elected
1964: 1,283,667 votes; 43 MP’s elected
1966: 1,273,916 votes; 46 MP’s elected
1970: 1,197,068 votes; 44 MP’s elected
1974 (Feb): 1,057,601 votes; 40 MP’s elected
1974 (Oct): 1,000,581 votes; 41 MP’s elected
1979: 1,211,455 votes; 44 MP’s elected
* = Excludes ‘Coupon’ Labour (39,715 votes/3 MP’s)
~ = Excludes National Labour support
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