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1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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All74 Scottish seats to theHouse of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Stanley Baldwin Herbert Samuel Party Unionist Liberal Leader since 23 October 1922 October 1931 Seats before 22[a] 14[a] Seats won 50[a] 8[a] Seat change 28[a] 6[a] Popular vote 1,056,768[b] 205,384[b] Percentage 49.5%[b] 8.6%[b] Swing 14.2%[b] 9.5%[b]   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sir John Simon Arthur Henderson Party National Liberal Labour Leader since 5 October 1931 1 September 1931 Last election 36 seats[a] Seats before New party Seats won 8[a] 7[a] Seat change 8 30[a] Popular vote 101,430[b] 696,248[b] Percentage 4.9%[b] 32.6%[b] Swing New party 9.2%[b]
Results of the 1931 election in Scotland   Unionist   Liberal   National Liberal   Labour   National Labour

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, 27 October 1931.^[1] Scotland was allocated74 seats in theHouse of Commons, of which 71 were territorial seats comprising 32burgh constituencies and 38county constituencies.^[c] There was also oneuniversity constituency, which elected an additional 3 members using theSingle Transferable Vote (STV) method.^[2] As voters in university constituencies voted under a different system, and in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.

The election saw massive gains for theUnionists across the country, with the party winning nearly 70% of all Scottish seats. The parties forming theNational Government together won 64% of the vote, and 86% of the seats. In contrast theLabour Party, which had been the largest party in Scotland following the 1929 general election (where it had won 42% of the Scottish vote), was relegated into fourth place within just two years.

Following the election, with Labour appearing to teeter on the edge of the electoral abyss in Scotland, theIndependent Labour Party increasingly moved apart from Labour, ultimately dissociating from the party in March 1932. The ILP had dominated the Labour movement in Scotland since 1918, dominating community based activism, and essentially forming the Labour Party in Scotland. This had ultimately served to undermine the organisational growth of the Labour Party in Scotland.^[3]

Party			Seats	Last Election	Seats change
	National Government (Total)		67	New
		Unionist	50	22	28
		National Liberal &Conservative	8	New	8
		Liberal	8	14	6
		National Labour	1	New	1
	Labour Party		7	36	29
	Other		0	2	2
Total			74	74

Party			Seats[1]	Seats change	Votes[1]	%	% Change
	National Government (Total)		64		1,385,385	64.0	N/A
		Unionist	48	28	1,056,768	49.5	14.2
		National Liberal &Conservative	8	New	101,430	4.9	New
		Liberal	7	6	205,384	8.6	9.5
		National Labour	1	New	21,803	1.0	New
	Labour Party		7	29	696,248	32.6	9.2
	Communist		0		35,618	1.4	0.2
	National Party of Scotland		0		20,954	1.0	0.9
	New Party		0	New	3,895	0.2	New
	Other		0		32,229	0.8
Total			71		2,174,329	100.0
Turnout:						77.4[4]	4.2

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