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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.
Ian Murray (born 10 August 1976) is a Scottish politician who has served as Secretary of State for Scotland since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South since 2010. He previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 2024.
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).
Nigel Farage has finally enjoyed success in a general election, becoming the MP for Clacton on his eighth time standing for a Westminster seat.. Exactly one month after returning as leader of ...
Under the terms of the Scotland Acts, the Parliament of the United Kingdom agreed to devolve some of its responsibilities over Scottish domestic policy to the Scottish Parliament. [85] The Scotland Act 1998 enabled the Scottish Parliament to pass primary legislation on these issues, and to hold the Scottish Government to account. [86]
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.
All MSP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle. 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]
The 2024 general election was held on 4 July 2024. 57 Scottish Westminster seats were contested. The election saw a resurgence of Labour within Scotland, with the party winning 37 seats, an increase of 36 from the previous election and becoming the largest party in Scotland for the first time since 2010.