List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1979–1983)

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-eighth parliament of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1983) at the 1979 general election.

Composition at election Affiliation MembersLabour Party44Conservative Party22Liberal3Scottish National Party2 Total71

Composition at dissolution Affiliation MembersLabour Party44Conservative Party20Alliance6Scottish National Party2 Total71

List ConstituencyMPPartyNotesAberdeen NorthRobert HughesLabourAberdeen SouthIan SproatConservativeArgyllJohn MackayConservativeAyrGeorge YoungerConservativeBanffshireDavid MylesConservativeBerwick and East LothianJohn Home RobertsonLabourBothwellJames HamiltonLabourBute and North AyrshireJohn CorrieConservativeCaithness and SutherlandRobert MaclennanLabourSDP/Alliance 1981-Central AyrshireDavid LambieLabourCentral DunbartonshireHugh McCartneyLabourCentral FifeWillie HamiltonLabourClackmannan and East StirlingshireMartin O'NeillLabourCoatbridge and AirdrieJames DempseyLabour1982 By-electionDumfriesshireSir Hector MunroConservativeDundee EastGordon WilsonSNPDundee WestErnie RossLabourDunfermlineDick DouglasLabour Co-operativeEast AberdeenshireAlbert McQuarrieConservativeEast DunbartonshireNorman HoggLabourEast FifeBarry HendersonConservativeEast KilbrideMaurice MillerLabourEast RenfrewshireAllen StewartConservativeEdinburgh CentralRobin CookLabourEdinburgh EastGavin StrangLabourEdinburgh LeithRon BrownLabourEdinburgh NorthAlex FletcherConservativeEdinburgh PentlandsMalcolm RifkindConservativeEdinburgh SouthMichael AncramConservativeEdinburgh WestJames Douglas-HamiltonConservativeGallowayIan LangConservativeGlasgow CathcartJohn MaxtonLabourGlasgow CentralThomas McMillanLabour1980 By-electionGlasgow CraigtonBruce MillanLabourGlasgow GarscaddenDonald DewarLabourGlasgow GovanAndy McMahonLabourGlasgow HillheadTam GalbraithConservative1982 By-electionGlasgow KelvingroveNeil CarmichaelLabourGlasgow MaryhillJim CraigenLabour Co-operativeGlasgow PollokJames WhiteLabourGlasgow ProvanHugh BrownLabourGlasgow Queen's ParkFrank McElhoneLabour1982 By-electionGlasgow ShettlestonDavid MarshallLabourGlasgow SpringburnMichael MartinLabourGreenock and Port GlasgowDickson MabonLabourSDP/Alliance 1981-HamiltonGeorge RobertsonLabourInvernessRussell JohnstonLiberalAlliance 1981-KilmarnockWillie McKelveyLabourKinross and West PerthshireNicholas FairbarnConservativeKirkcaldyHarry GourleyLabourLanarkJudith HartLabourMidlothianAlex EadieLabourMoray and NairnAlex PollockConservativeMotherwell and WishawJeremy BrayLabourNorth Angus and MearnsAlick Buchanan-SmithConservativeNorth LanarkshireJohn SmithLabourOrkney and ZetlandJo GrimondLiberalAlliance 1981-PaisleyAllen AdamsLabourPerth and East PerthshireBill WalkerConservativeRoss and CromartyHamish GreyConservativeRoxburgh Selkirk and PeeblesDavid SteelLiberalAlliance 1981-RutherglenGregor MackenzieLabourSouth AngusPeter FraserConservativeSouth AyrshireGeorge FoulkesLabourStirling Falkirk and GrangemouthHarry EwingLabourWest AberdeenshireRussell FairgrieveConservativeWest DunbartonshireIan CampbellLabourWest LothianTom DalyellLabourWest RenfrewshireNorman BuchanLabourWest StirlingshireDennis CanavanLabourNa h-Eileanan an larDonald StewartSNP

By-elections

1980 Glasgow Central By-Election, Bob McTaggart, Labour 1982 Glasgow Hillhead By-election, Roy Jenkins, SDP/Alliance 1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie By-election, Thomas Clarke, Labour 1982 Glasgow Queen's Park By-election, Helen McElhone, Labour

See also

Lists of MPs for constituencies in Scotland