List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1959–1964)
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

This is a list of the 71 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Forty-second parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964) at the 1959 United Kingdom general election.

The Conservatives won the largest number of votes in Scotland, but narrowly failed to win the most seats in the country.

Composition

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 38
Unionist Party 25
National Liberal 6
Liberal 1
Independent Conservative 1

Members

Constituency MP Party Notes
Aberdeen North Hector Hughes Labour Party
Aberdeen South Priscilla Buchan Unionist Party
Argyll Michael Noble Unionist Party
Ayr Thomas Moore Unionist Party
Banffshire William Duthie Unionist Party
Berwick and East Lothian William Anstruther-Gray Unionist Party
Bothwell John Timmons Labour Party
Bute and North Ayrshire Fitzroy Maclean Unionist Party
Caithness and Sutherland David Robertson Independent Conservative
Central Ayrshire Archie Manuel Labour Party
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Arthur Woodburn Labour Party
Coatbridge and Airdrie James Dempsey Labour Party
Dumfriesshire Niall Macpherson National Liberal
Dundee East George Thomson Labour Party
Dundee West Peter Doig Labour Party
Dunfermline Burghs Alan Thompson Labour Party
East Aberdeenshire Patrick Wolrige-Gordon Unionist Party
East Dunbartonshire Cyril Bence Labour Party
East Fife James Henderson-Stewar National Liberal
John Gilmour Unionist Party Elected in 1961 by-election
East Renfrewshire Betty Harvie Anderson Unionist Party
Edinburgh Central Thomas Oswald Labour Party
Edinburgh East George Willis Labour Party
Edinburgh Leith James Hoy Labour Party
Edinburgh North William Milligan Unionist Party
Lord Dalkeith Unionist Party Elected in 1960 by-election
Edinburgh Pentlands John Hope Unionist Party
Edinburgh South Michael Clark Hutchison Unionist Party
Edinburgh West Anthony Stodart Unionist Party
Galloway John Brewis Unionist Party
Glasgow Bridgeton James Bennett Labour Party
Glasgow Cathcart John Henderson Unionist Party
Glasgow Central James McInnes Labour Party
Glasgow Craigton Bruce Millan Labour Party
Glasgow Gorbals Alice Cullen Labour Party
Glasgow Govan John Rankin Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Hillhead Tam Galbraith Unionist Party
Glasgow Kelvingrove Frank Lilley Unionist Party
Glasgow Maryhill Willie Hannan Labour Party
Glasgow Pollok John George Unionist Party
Glasgow Provan William Reid Labour Party
Glasgow Scotstoun Willie Small Labour Party
Glasgow Shettleston Myer Galpern Labour Party
Glasgow Springburn Dick Buchanan Labour Party
Glasgow Woodside Neil George Carmichael Labour Party
Greenock Dickson Mabon Labour Party
Hamilton Tom Fraser Labour Party
Inverness Neil McLean Unionist Party
Kinross and Western Perthshire Gilmour Leburn Unionist Party
Kilmarnock Willie Ross Labour Party
Kirkcaldy Burghs Harry Gourlay Labour Party
Lanark Judith Hart Labour Party
Midlothian James Hill Labour Party
Moray and Nairn Gordon Campbell Unionist Party
Motherwell George Lawson Labour Party
North Angus and Mearns Colin Thornton-Kemsley National Liberal
North Lanarkshire Peggy Herbison Labour Party
Orkney and Zetland Jo Grimond Liberal Party
Paisley Douglas Johnston Labour Party
John Robertson Labour Party Elected in 1961 by-election
Perth and East Perthshire Ian MacArthur Unionist Party
Ross and Cromarty John MacLeod National Liberal
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles Charles Donaldson Unionist Party
Rutherglen Richard Brooman-White Unionist Party
Gregor Mackenzie Labour Party Elected in 1964 by-election
South Angus James Duncan National Liberal
South Ayrshire Emrys Hughes Labour Party
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs Malcolm MacPherson Labour Party
West Aberdeenshire Forbes Hendry Unionist Party
West Dunbartonshire Tom Steele Labour Party
West Fife Willie Hamilton Labour Party
West Lothian John Taylor Labour Party
Tam Dalyell Labour Party Elected in 1962 by-election
West Renfrewshire John Maclay National Liberal
West Stirlingshire William Baxter Labour Party
Western Isles Malcolm Macmillan Labour Party

References

  1. ^ "BBC Politics 97". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-31.

See also