| Election Name: | 1970 United Kingdom general election |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1966 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Previous Year: | 1966 |
| Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Election: | February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
| Next Year: | Feb. 1974 |
| Seats For Election: | All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election |
| Leader1: | Harold Wilson |
| Party1: | Scottish Labour |
| Last Election1: | 46 seats, 49.9% |
| Seats1: | 44 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,197,068 |
| Percentage1: | 44.5% |
| Swing1: | 5.4% |
| Leader2: | Edward Heath |
| Party2: | Scottish Conservatives |
| Last Election2: | 20 seats, 37.6% |
| Seats2: | 23 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,020,674 |
| Percentage2: | 38.0% |
| Swing2: | 0.4% |
| Image4: | Lib |
| Leader4: | Jeremy Thorpe |
| Party4: | Scottish Liberal Party |
| Last Election4: | 5 seats, 6.8% |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 147,667 |
| Percentage4: | 5.5% |
| Swing4: | 1.3% |
| Image5: | SNP |
| Leader5: | William Wolfe |
| Party5: | Scottish National Party |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 5.0% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 306,802 |
| Percentage5: | 11.4% |
| Swing5: | 6.4% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
See main article: 1970 United Kingdom general election.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 18 June 1970 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats for the fourth consecutive election, whilst the Scottish National Party won a seat for the first time in a general election, having won their first ever Westminster seat at the 1945 Motherwell by-election and another shock victory in the Hamilton by-election in 1967.[2]
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974)
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 2 | 1,197,068 | 44.5 | 5.4 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 1,020,674 | 38.0 | 0.4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 306,802 | 11.4 | 6.4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 147,667 | 5.5 | 1.3 | |||
| 0 | 16,024 | 0.6 | |||||
| Turnout: | 2,688,235 | ||||||