Smallest majorities at Westminster

saltire shield 'I suspect that then, as since, we were not 'bought and sold for English gold' but bought and sold for some of our own gold - that we paid and still pay, and more than pay, for all of the bribes we get from the present Establishment in these islands, out of our own wealth.'
David Stevenson, 2 nd April 1999.		Lion Rampant

Smallest majorities (less than 1000) at Westminster Parliamentary Elections since 1950

Majority MP Constituency Party Date 2 nd place
22 Margaret A. Bain (Ewing) Dunbartonshire East Scottish National Party Oct 1974 Barrie Henderson, Conservative
30 George H. Thompson Galloway Scottish National Party Oct 1974 K. Ross, Conservative
44 Norman R. Wylie Edinburgh Pentlands Conservative 1966 W. Wallace, Labour
48 Annabelle Ewing Perth Scottish National Party 2001 Elizabeth Smith, Conservative
53 Nicolas H. Fairbairn Kinross & West Perthshire Conservative Oct 1974 D. Cameron, Scottish National Party
64 Robert A.R. MacLennan Caithness & Sutherland Labour 1966 George Mackie, Liberal
72 J.H. Hoy Edinburgh Leith Labour 1951 E.C. Mekie, National Liberal & Conservative
74 Peter Duncan Galloway & Upper Nithsdale Conservative 2001 Malcolm Fleming, Scottish National Party
85 Phil R. Gallie Ayr Conservative 1992 Alastair Osborne, Labour
167 D.L.S. Nairn Ayrshire Central Conservative 1955 A.C. Manuel, Labour
180 W. Reid Glasgow Provan Labour 1955 Sir C.S. McFarlane, Conservative
182 George Younger Ayr Conservative 1987 K. MacDonald, Labour
210 Jack Nixon Browne Glasgow Craigton Conservative 1955 Bruce Millan, Labour
239 Sir A.S.L. Young, Bt Glasgow Scotstoun Conservative 1950 W. Bargh, Labour
241 Jack Nixon Browne Glasgow Govan Conservative 1951 J. Davis, Labour
269 Sir David Robertson Caithness & Sutherland Conservative 1950 Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt., Liberal
274 Malcolm Bruce Gordon Liberal Democrat 1992 John Porter, Conservative
293 Tom Steele Dunbartonshire West Labour Apr 1950 (by-election) R.A. Allan, Conservative
296 A. Garrow Glasgow Pollok Labour 1964 R.D. Kernohan, Conservative
312 E.G. Willis Edinburgh East Labour 1959 Earl of Dalkeith, Conservative
316 Ian Murray Edinburgh South Labour 2010 Fred Mackintosh, Liberal Democrat
352 Richard Brooman-White Lanark Conservative 1951 G. McAllister, Labour
365 John Mason Glasgow East Scottish National Party July 2008 Mararet Curran MSP, Labour
365 Iain Sproat Aberdeen South Conservative Oct 1974 R. Middleton, Labour
367 Dennis Canavan Stirlingshire West Labour Oct 1974 Janette Jones, Scottish National Party
367 Winnie Ewing Moray & Nairn Scottish National Party Oct 1974 Alex Pollock, Conservative
373 Jack Nixon Browne Glasgow Govan Conservative 1950 J. Davis, Labour
383 Stewart Hosie Dundee East Scottish National Party 2005 Iain Luke, Labour
405 Nigel Griffiths Edinburgh South Labour 2005 Marilyne MacLaren, Liberal Democrat
420 Alex Pollock Moray & Nairn Conservative 1979 Winnie Ewing, Scottish National Party
428 J.R.H. Hutchison Glasgow Scotstoun Conservative 1955 H. James, Labour/Co-op
458 Sir Russell Johnston Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber Liberal Democrat 1992 David Stewart, Labour
484 George Younger Ayr Conservative 1966 C.E. O'Halloran, Labour
498 Lord James Douglas Hamilton Edinburgh West Conservative 1983 Derek King, Liberal/Alliance
540 Judith Hart Lanark Labour 1959 Hon. P.F. Maitland, Conservative
543 Harry Selby Glasgow Govan Labour Feb 1974 Margo MacDonald, Scottish National Party
548 Michael Forsyth Stirling Conservative 1987 Michael Connarty, Labour
550 David Steel Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles Liberal 1970 B. Fairgrieve, Conservative
556 Bill Tynan Hamilton South Labour Sep 1999 (by-election) Annabelle Ewing, Scottish National Party
558 Albert McQuarrie Aberdeenshire East Conservative 1979 Douglas Henderson, Scottish National Party
571 Margo MacDonald Glasgow Govan Scottish National Party Nov 1973 (by-election) Harry Selby, Labour
602 Bruce Millan Glasgow Craigton Labour 1959 Jack Nixon Browne, Conservative
603 James White Glasgow Pollok Labour 1970 Professor Edmond Wright, Conservative
613 Adam McKinlay Dunbartonshire West Labour 1950 R.A. Allan, Conservative
617 Thomas Oswald Edinburgh Central Labour 1959 Norman Wylie, Conservative
625 Sir William Anstruther-Gray, Bt. Berwick & East Lothian Conservative 1964 Professor John P. Mackintosh, Labour
625 J.R.H. Hutchison Glasgow Scotstoun Conservative 1951 J. Robertson, Labour
641 Professor John P. Mackintosh Berwick & East Lothian Labour 1970 J.D.M. Hardie, Conservative
663 Hamish Gray Ross & Cromarty Conservative Oct 1974 Willie McRae, Scottish National Party
685 Lord Dunglass Lanark Conservative 1950 Tom Steele, Labour
688 Gordon Banks Ochil & South Perthshire Labour 2005 Annabelle Ewing, Scottish National Party
695 G. McAllister Rutherglen Labour 1950 Richard Brooman-White, Conservative
698 Judith Hart Lanark Labour Oct 1974 Tom McAlpine, Scottish National Party
703 Michael Forsyth Stirling Conservative 1992 Kate Phillips, Labour
705 Major Eric Joyce Falkirk West Labour Dec 2000 (by-election) David Kerr, Scottish National Party
714 John Strachey Dundee West Labour 1959 Dr B.R. Taylor, National Liberal & Conservative
721 Ronald King Murray Edinburgh Leith Labour Feb 1974 W.R.V. Percy, Conservative
726 Donald Stewart Western Isles Scottish National Party 1970 Malcolm Macmillan, Labour
772 Iain Sproat Aberdeen South Conservative 1979 Dr Norman Godman, Labour
793 Douglas Crawford Perth & East Perthshire Scottish National Party Oct 1974 I. MacArthur, Conservative
794 James Dempsey Coatbridge & Airdrie Labour 1959 Miss C.S. Morton, Conservative
799 David Myles Banff Conservative 1979 Hamish Watt, Scottish National Party
801 Hamish Gray Ross & Cromarty Conservative 1970 A.R. Mackenzie, Liberal
829 C.E.M. Donaldson Roxburgh & Selkirkshire Conservative 1951 A.J.F Macdonald, Liberal
832 Dr Maurice Miller Glasgow Kelvingrove Labour 1970 R.E. Dundas, Conservative
850 Malcolm Bruce Gordon Liberal/Alliance 1983 J. Cran, Conservative
879 Lord James Douglas Hamilton Edinburgh West Conservative 1992 Donald Gorrie, Liberal Democrat
937 Albert McQuarrie Banff & Buchan Conservative 1983 Douglas Henderson, Scottish National Party
939 Thomas Oswald Edinburgh Central Labour 1955 B. Harris, Conservative
954 Andrew Welsh Angus East Scottish National Party 1992 Ronald Harris, Conservative
958 Hon. P.F. Maitland Lanark Conservative 1955 J. Mackie, Labour
961 Robin Cook Edinburgh Central Labour Feb 1974 P. Jones, Conservative
963 Peter Fraser Angus South Conservative 1979 Andrew Welsh, Scottish National Party
966 N.L.D. McLean Inverness Conservative 1955 John Bannerman, Liberal
971 David Colville Anderson QC Dumfriesshire Conservative Dec 1963 (by-election) I. Jordan, Labour
984 Martin O'Neil Clackmannan & East Stirlingshire Labour 1979 George Reid, Scottish National Party
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