December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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All72 Scottish seats to theHouse of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader H. H. Asquith Arthur Balfour George Barnes Party Liberal Conservative and Liberal Unionist Labour Last election 58 11[a] 2 Seats won 58 11[a] 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 306,378 244,785[a] 24,633 Percentage 53.6% 42.6%[a] 3.6% Swing 0.6% 3.0%[a] 1.5%
Results of the December 1910 election in Scotland for the county and burgh seats   Liberal   Conservative   Liberal Unionist   Labour

A general election was held in the United Kingdom over the period of 3-19 December 1910,^[b] and members were returned for all72 seats in Scotland. The election was held less than a year after theJanuary general election in which the Liberals and theIrish Parliamentary Party gained a majority in theHouse of Commons. The Liberal government called the election in order to gain a mandate for theParliament Act 1911, which would prevent the House of Lords from permanently blocking legislation linked to money bills ever again, and to obtain KingGeorge V's agreement to threaten to create sufficient Liberal peers to pass that act (in the event this did not prove necessary, as the Lords voted to curtail their own powers).^[2] The election saw little change in the political make-up of Scotland, with no party registering a net change of more than a single seat.

Scotland was allocated 72 seats in total, with 70 territorial seats, comprising 32burgh constituencies and 37county constituencies.^[c] There were also twouniversity constituencies,Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities andEdinburgh and St Andrews Universities. As voters in university constituencies voted in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.

All of the three main party leaders had Scottish links: Liberal leaderAsquith had representedEast Fife since 1886;^[3] Tory leaderArthur Balfour was born in East Lothian;^[4] whilst Labour leaderGeorge Barnes was born inDundee and also represented the seat ofGlasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown.^[3]

Party			Seats	Last Election	Seats change
	Liberal		58	58
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist (Total)		11	11
		Conservative	8	8
		Liberal Unionist	3	3
	Labour		3	2	1
	Other		0	1	1
Total			72	72

Party			Seats[5]	Seats change	Votes[5]	%	% Change
	Liberal		58		306,378	53.6	0.6
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist[a]		9		244,785	42.6	3.0
	Labour Party		3	1	24,633	3.6	1.5
	Other		0	1	1,947	0.2	0.9
Total			70		577,743	100.0
Turnout:						81.8[6]	2.9

The twouniversity constituencies each elected an additional member to the house. In this election both seats were uncontested, with the sitting members being returned unopposed.

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