See main article: 1929 United Kingdom general election.
| Election Name: | 1929 United Kingdom general election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1924 United Kingdom general election |
| Previous Year: | 1924 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1924 |
| Next Election: | 1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Next Year: | 1931 |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1929 |
| Election Date: | 30 May 1929 |
| Leader1: | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Leader Since1: | 22 November 1922 |
| Party1: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Seats Before1: | 26 seats |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 937,300 |
| Percentage1: | 42.3% |
| Swing1: | 1.2% |
| Leader2: | Stanley Baldwin |
| Leader Since2: | 23 October 1922 |
| Party2: | Unionist Party (Scotland) |
| Seats Before2: | 38 |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 16 |
| Popular Vote2: | 792,063 |
| Percentage2: | 35.9% |
| Swing2: | 4.8% |
| Leader3: | David Lloyd George |
| Leader Since3: | 14 October 1926 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 407,081 |
| Percentage3: | 18.1% |
| Swing3: | 1.5% |
The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 30 May 1929, and all 74 seats in Scotland were and resulted in a hung parliament. It stands as the fourth of six instances under the secret ballot, and the first of three under universal suffrage, in which a party has lost on the popular vote but won the highest number (known as "a plurality") of seats versus all other parties – others are 1874, January 1910, December 1910, 1951 and February 1974. In 1929, Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time. The Liberal Party re-led by ex-Prime Minister David Lloyd George regained some ground lost in the 1924 election and held the balance of power. The Election results in Scotland saw a dramatic swing towards the labour party led by Scottish leader Ramsay MacDonald (Although at the time he represented a seat in London). These results followed a general swing towards Labour at this election.[1]
Scotland was allocated 74 seats in the House of Commons, with 71 territorial seats (32 burgh constituencies and 38 county constituencies). There was also one university constituency, which elected an additional 3 members using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method.[2] As voters in university constituencies voted under a different system, and in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.
| Party | Seats | Last Election | Seats change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 36 | 26 | 10 | |||
| Unionist | 22 | 38 | 16 | |||
| Liberal | 14 | 9 | 5 | |||
| Scottish Prohibition | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 74 | 74 | ||||
See main article: 1929 United Kingdom general election.
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 36 | 10 | 937,300 | 42.3 | 1.2 | ||
| Unionist | 20 | 16 | 792,063 | 35.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Liberal | 13 | 5 | 407,081 | 18.1 | 1.5 | ||
| Communist | 0 | - | 27,114 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||
| Scottish Prohibition | 1 | - | 25,037 | 1.1 | |||
| National Party of Scotland | 0 | - | 3,313 | 0.2 | New | ||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 51,033 | 1.3 | |||
| Total | 71 | 2,242,941 | 100 | ||||
The Combined Scottish Universities elected an additional 3 members to the house using the STV voting method.