1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1979 United Kingdom general election
3 May 1979
All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout76.84%, 2.03%
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 5 April 1976 11 February 1975
Last election 41 seats, 36.3% 16 seats, 24.7%
Seats won 44 22
Seat change 3 6
Popular vote 1,211,455 916,155
Percentage 41.5% 31.4%
Swing 5.2% 6.7%
  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Leader David Steel William Wolfe
Party Liberal SNP
Leader since 7 July 1976 1 June 1969
Last election 3 seats, 8.3% 11 seats, 30.4%
Seats won 3 2
Seat change 9
Popular vote 262,224 504,259
Percentage 9.0% 17.3%
Swing 0.7% 13.1%
Results of the 1979 election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1979 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.

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