2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

2024 United Kingdom general election

← 2019 4 July 2024

All 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Keir Starmer John Swinney
Party Labour SNP
Leader since 4 April 2020 6 May 2024
Last election 1 seat, 18.6% 48 seats, 45.0%
Seats won 37 9
Seat change Increase 36 Decrease 39
Popular vote 851,897 724,758
Percentage 35.3% 30.0%
Swing Increase 16.7% Decrease 15.0%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ed Davey Rishi Sunak
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 27 August 2020[a] 24 October 2022
Last election 4 seats, 9.5%[b] 6 seats, 25.1%
Seats won 6 5
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 234,228 307,344
Percentage 9.7% 12.7%
Swing Increase 0.2% Decrease 12.4%

Results by constituency

The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on 4 July 2024. 57 Scottish Westminster seats were contested. The election saw a resurgence of Labour within Scotland, with the party winning 37 seats, an increase of 36 from the previous election. The Liberal Democrats also saw gains, increasing their Scottish representation in Parliament from two seats to six. The Scottish National Party, the dominant party in Scotland since 2007, saw a collapse of support in which they lost 39 seats, bringing their total from 48 seats won at the previous election to nine. The Conservative Party lost a seat, taking their total down to five.

  1. ^ Stewart, Heather (27 August 2020). "'Wake up and smell the coffee': Ed Davey elected Lib Dem leader". The Guardian.


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