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The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this election. The Labour Party's vote went up by 16.7% and their number of MPs increased from 1 to 37, mainly in Scotland's Central Belt. This was at the expense of the Scottish National Party (SNP), whose vote share dropped by 15% and their number of MPs reducing to single figures.
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP. This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies at the 2019 United Kingdom general election for the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom (2019–2024).
The Scottish Parliament (), created by the Scotland Act 1998, has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999.. The parliament has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first-past-the-post) system of voting, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional MSPs.
The Scotland Act 1998 as amended by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 sets out that ordinary general elections for the Scottish Parliament are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. [ 5 ]
As a consequence, the Parliament of Scotland ceased to exist, while the Parliament of England, which sat at Westminster, was subsumed into the Parliament of Great Britain. [7] In practice, all of the traditions, procedures, and standing orders of the English parliament were retained, with the addition of Scottish members in both the Commons and ...
Members of Scottish Parliament not standing for re-election MSP Seat First elected Party Date announced John Mason: Glasgow Shettleston: 2011: Independent (elected as SNP) 25 April 2023 [9] James Dornan: Glasgow Cathcart: 2011: SNP: 10 August 2023 [10] Christine Grahame: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale: 1999: SNP: September 2024 [11 ...
Served as a Labour MP for Airdrie and Shotts from 2010 to 2015 when she was defeated by the Scottish National Party. Dave Nellist: Coventry East: 1983–1992: TUSC: Served as a Labour MP for Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992 when he was defeated by Labour after being expelled from the party. Dan Norris: North East Somerset and Hanham: 1997 ...
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP. This is a list of the 59 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Fifty-Seventh Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017 to 2019) at the 2017 United Kingdom general election .