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1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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All71 Scottish seats to theHouse of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Clement Davies Party Labour Unionist Liberal Last election 37 seats, 47.9% 27 seats, 40.3% 0 seats, 5.6% Seats won 37 31[a] 2 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 1,259,410 1,222,010 180,270 Percentage 46.2% 44.8% 6.6% Swing 1.7% 4.5% 1.0%
Results of the 1950 election in Scotland   Conservative/Unionist   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal   Independent Liberal

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 23 February 1950, and all 71 seats inScotland were contested.^[1][2] TheLabour Party won a plurality of votes and a majority of seats within Scotland. When combined with results from across the UK the Labour government ofClement Attlee was returned to power with a slim majority of only 5. This proved unworkable, anda further election was held the following year.

The Liberals gained two seats in Scotland, having been unrepresented north of the border in the previous parliament. Scotland's onlyCommunist MP,Willie Gallacher, was defeated in hisWest Fife seat, which went to Labour. Only one independent MP,John MacLeod was returned (as member forRoss and Cromarty standing as an "Independent Liberal").

Party			Seats[2]	Seats change	Votes[2]	%	% Change
	Labour Party		37		1,259,410	46.2	1.7
	Conservative and Unionist (Total)		31	4	1,222,010	44.8	4.5
		Unionist	26	2	1,013,909	37.2	0.5
		National Liberal &Conservative	5	2	208,101	7.6	4.0
	Liberal		2	2	180,270	6.6	1.0
	SNP		0		9,708	0.4	0.9
	Communist		0	1	27,559	1.0	0.4
	Other		1[b]	2	27,727	1.0	0.7
Total			71		2,726,684	100.0
Turnout:						80.9[3]	11.9

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