| Characteristic | Conservatives/Unionist Party* | Labour | Liberal Democrats | SNP | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 32.8% | 22.9% | 34.1% | - | 10.2% |
| 1922 | 25.1% | 32.2% | 39.2% | - | 3.5% |
| 1923 | 31.6% | 35.9% | 28.4% | - | 4.1% |
| 1924 | 40.7% | 41.4% | 16.6% | - | 1.6% |
| 1929 | 35.9% | 42.3% | 18.1% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| 1931 | 55.4% | 32.6% | 8.6% | 1% | 2.4% |
| 1935 | 49.8% | 36.8% | 6.7% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
| 1945 | 40.3% | 47.9% | 5.6% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| 1950 | 44.8% | 46.2% | 6.6% | 0.4% | 2% |
| 1951 | 48.6% | 47.9% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| 1955 | 50.1% | 46.7% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| 1959 | 47.2% | 46.7% | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| 1964 | 40.6% | 48.7% | 7.6% | 2.4% | 0.6% |
| 1966 | 37.6% | 49.9% | 6.8% | 5% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 38% | 44.5% | 5.5% | 11.4% | 0.6% |
| February 1974 | 32.9% | 36.6% | 7.9% | 21.9% | 0.6% |
| October 1974 | 24.7% | 36.3% | 8.3% | 30.4% | 0.3% |
| 1979 | 31.4% | 41.5% | 9% | 17.3% | 0.8% |
| 1983 | 28.4% | 35.1% | 24.5% | 11.8% | 0.3% |
| 1987 | 24% | 42.4% | 19.2% | 14% | 0.3% |
| 1992 | 25.6% | 39% | 13.1% | 21.5% | 0.8% |
| 1997 | 17.5% | 45.6% | 13% | 22.1% | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | 43.3% | 16.3% | 20.1% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | 38.9% | 22.6% | 17.7% | 5% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | 42% | 18.9% | 19.9% | 2.5% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | 24.3% | 7.5% | 50% | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 28.6% | 27.1% | 6.8% | 36.9% | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 25.1% | 18.6% | 9.5% | 45% | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 12.7% | 35.3% | 9.7% | 30% | 12.3% |
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September 2024
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United Kingdom (Scotland)
Survey time period
1945 to 2024
Supplementary notes
Vote share before the most recent election available from the report '' (page 24) Further notes from the source regarding methodology are available on page 28.
*Results until 1964 include the vote share that went to the Unionist Party in Scotland, an independent party whose MPs sat as Conservatives at Westminster, until they merged fully with the Scottish Conservatives in 1965.Â
Between 1918 and 1981 the Liberal Democrats were known as the Liberal Party, and between 1981 and 1988 were the SDP/Liberal Alliance.Â
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