 | 'Labour also has an indistinct leadership profile in Scotland, according to some observers, with Henry McLeish, first minister, being seen as junior to the Scottish secretary, Helen Liddell, because of her cabinet seat.' Murray Ritchie in the Herald, 20 th June 2001. |  |
| Date | Conservative & Unionist | Labour | Scottish National Party | Liberal/Liberal Democrat | Total | Seats | % |
| 6 December 1923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 1.4 % |
| Electon of Katherine Murray, Duchess of Atholl (Conservative & Unionist, Kinross & Western Perthshire) | |||||||
| 21 March 1929 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 2.7 % |
| Electon of Jennie Lee, later Baroness Lee of Ashridge (Labour, Lanarkshire Northern) | |||||||
| 27 October 1931 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 4.1 % |
| Defeat of Jennie Lee, later Baroness Lee of Ashridge (Labour, Lanarkshire Northern) Electon of Florence Horsbrugh, later Baroness Horsbrugh (Conservative & Unionist, Dundee) Election of Helen Shaw (Conservative & Unionist, Bothwell) | |||||||
| 14 November 1935 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 2.7 % |
| Defeat of Helen Shaw (Conservative & Unionist, Bothwell) | |||||||
| 7 September 1937 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 4.1 % |
| Election of Agnes Hardie (Labour, Glasgow Springburn) | |||||||
| 21 December 1938 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 2.7 % |
| Resignation from Tory party and defeat in a by-election of Katherine, Duchess of Atholl | |||||||
| 5 July 1945 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 4.1 % |
| Defeat of Frances Horsbrugh, later Baroness Horsbrugh (Conservative & Unionist, Dundee) Retiral of Agnes Hardie (Labour, Glasgow Springburn) Election of Margaret Herbison (Labour, Lanarkshire North) Election of Jean Mann (Labour, Coatbridge) Election of Clarice Shaw (Labour, Kilmarnock) | |||||||
| 27 October 1946 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 2.7 % |
| Death of Clarice Shaw (Labour, Kilmarnock) | |||||||
| 26 November 1946 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 4.1 % |
| Electon of Lady Grant of Monymusk, later Lady Tweedsmuir (Conservative & Unionist, Aberdeen South) | |||||||
| 30 September 1948 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 5.4 % |
| Electon of Alice Cullen (Labour, Glasgow Gorbals) | |||||||
| 13 March 1958 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 7.0 % |
| Electon of Mary McAlistair (Labour, Glasgow Kelvingrove) | |||||||
| 8 November 1959 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 7.0 % |
| Retiral of Jean Mann (Labour Coatbridge & Airdrie) Defeat of Mary McAlistair (Labour, Glasgow Kelvingrove) Election of Betty Harvie Anderson (Conservative & Unionist, Renfrewshire East) Election of Judith Hart, later Baroness Hart of South Lanark (Labour, Lanark) | |||||||
| 31 March 1966 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 5.6 % |
| Defeat of Lady Tweedsmuir (Conservative & Unionist, Aberdeen South) | |||||||
| 2 November 1967 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 7.0 % |
| Election of Winifred Ewing (Scottish National Party, Hamilton) | |||||||
| 31 May 1969 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 5.6 % |
| Death of Alice Cullen (Labour, Glasgow Gorbals) | |||||||
| 18 June 1970 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 2.8 % |
| Retiral of Margaret Herbison, later Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter (Labour, Lanarkshire North) Defeat of Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party, Hamilton) | |||||||
| 8 November 1973 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 4.2 % |
| Election of Margo Macdonald (Scottish National Party, Glasgow Govan) | |||||||
| 28 February 1974 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 4.2 % |
| Defeat of Margo Macdonald (Scottish National Party, Glasgow Govan) Election of Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party, Moray & Nairn) | |||||||
| 10 October 1974 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 5.6 % |
| Election of Margaret Bain, later Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party, Dunbartonshire East) | |||||||
| 3 May 1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 1.4 % |
| Retiral of Betty Harvie Anderson (Conservative & Unionist, Renfrewshire East) Defeat of Winnie Ewing (Scottish National Party, Moray & Nairn) Defeat of Margaret Bain, later Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party, Dunbartonshire East) | |||||||
| 2 December 1982 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 2.8 % |
| Election of Helen McElhone (Labour, Glasgow Queens Cross) | |||||||
| 9 June 1983 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 2.8 % |
| Retiral of Helen McElhone (Labour, Glasgow Queens Cross) Election of Anna McCurley (Conservative & Unionist, Renfrew West & Inverclyde) | |||||||
| 11 June 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 4.2 % |
| Retiral of Dame Judith Hart, later Baroness Hart of South Lanark (Labour, Clydesdale) Defeat of Anna McCurley (Conservative & Unionist, Renfrew West & Inverclyde) Election of Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party Moray) Election of Maria Fyfe (Labour, Glasgow Maryhill) Election of Ray Michie, later Baroness Michie of Gallanish (Liberal Democrat, Argyll & Bute) | |||||||
| 29 November 1990 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 5.6 % |
| Election of Irene Adams, later Baroness Adams of Cragielee (Labour, Paisley North) | |||||||
| 9 April 1992 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 6.9 % |
| Election of Rachel Squire (Labour, Dunfermline West) | |||||||
| 30 June 1994 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 8.3 % |
| Election of Helen Liddell (Labour, Monklands East) | |||||||
| 25 June 1995 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 9.7 % |
| Election of Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party, Perth & Kinross) | |||||||
| 1 May 1997 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 72 | 16.7 % |
| Election of Anne Begg (Labour, Aberdeen South) Election of Dr Lynda Clark, later Baroness Clark of Calton (Labour, Edinburgh Pentlands) Election of Anne McGuire (Labour, Stirling) Election of Rosemary McKenna OBE (Labour, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth) Election of Sandra Osborne (Labour, Ayr) | |||||||
| 7 June 2001 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 72 | 15.3 % |
| Retiral of Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party, Perth & Kinross) to Scottish Parliament Retiral of Margaret Ewing (Scottish National Party Moray) to Scottish Parliament Retiral of Maria Fyfe (Glasgow Maryhill) Retiral of Ray Michie, later Baroness Michie of Gallanish (Liberal Democrat, Argyll & Bute) Election of Annabelle Ewing (Scottish National Party, Perth & Kinross) Election of Anne McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill) Election of Anne Picking, later Anne Moffat (East Lothian) | |||||||
| 5 May 2005 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 15.3 % |
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Retiral of Irene Adams, later Baroness Adams of Cragielea (Labour, Paisley North) Retiral of Dr Lynda Clark, later Baroness Clark of Calton (Labour, Edinburgh Pentlands) Retiral of Rt Hon Helen Liddell (Labour, Airdrie & Shotts) Defeat of Annabelle Ewing (Scottish National Party, Perth & Kinross) Election of Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire) Election of Katy Clark (North Ayrshire & Arran) | |||||||
| 5 January 2006 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 13.6 % |
| Death of Rachel Squire (Labour, Dunfermline & West Fife) | |||||||
| 6 May 2010 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 59 | 22.0 % |
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Retiral of Rosemary McKenna (Labour, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth) Deselection of Anne Moffatt (Labour, East Lothian) Election of Margaret Curran (Labour, Glasgow East) Election of Gemma Doyle (Labour, Dunbartonshire West) Election of Sheila Gilmore (Labour, Edinburgh East) Election of Cathy Jamieson (Labour, Kilmarnock & Loudoun) Election of Pamela Nash (Labour, Airdrie & Shotts) Election of Fiona O'Donnell (Labour, East Lothian) Election of Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party, Banff & Buchan) | |||||||
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