Scottish Labour Party
UK General Elections

Scottish Labour Party

Section Title: UK General Elections
Table Section Text: None

Year	Share of votes	Seats	Seats Change	Position	Position Change

1910 (January)	5.1%	2 / 70	3rd

1910 (December)	3.6%	3 / 70	1	3rd

1918	22.9%	6 / 71	3	4th	1

1922	32.2%	29 / 71	23	1st	3

1923	35.9%	34 / 71	5	1st

1924	41.1%	26 / 71	8	2nd	1

1929	42.3%	36 / 71	10	1st	1

1931	32.6%	7 / 71	29	3rd	2

1935	36.8%	20 / 71	13	2nd	1

1945	47.9%	37 / 71	17	1st	1

1950	46.2%	37 / 71	1st

1951	47.9%	35 / 71	2	2nd	1

1955	46.7%	34 / 71	1	2nd

1959	46.7%	38 / 71	4	1st	1

1964	48.7%	43 / 71	5	1st

1966	49.8%	46 / 71	3	1st

1970	44.5%	44 / 71	2	1st

1974 (Feb)	36.6%	40 / 71	4	1st

1974 (Oct)	36.3%	41 / 71	1	1st

1979	41.6%	44 / 71	3	1st

1983	35.1%	41 / 72	3	1st

1987	42.4%	50 / 72	9	1st

1992	39.0%	49 / 72	1	1st

1997	45.6%	56 / 72	7	1st

2001	43.3%	56 / 72	1st

2005	39.5%	41 / 59	15	1st

2010	42.0%	41 / 59	1st

2015	24.3%	1 / 59	40	2nd	1

2017	27.1%	7 / 59	6	3rd	1

Sentence(s)

At the UK general election in 2017, the Labour party gained 6 new seats in Scotland, bringing their total seat tally to 7 with a 27.1% share of the vote.

final_sentence: At the UK general election in 2017, the Labour party gained 6 new seats in Scotland, bringing their total seat tally to 7 with a 27.1% share of the vote.