# 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 United Kingdom general election.

## Composition at election

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Labour Party | 44 |
| | Conservative Party | 22 |
| | Liberal | 3 |
| | Scottish National Party | 2 |
| Total | Total | 71 |

## Composition at dissolusion

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Labour Party | 44 |
| | Conservative Party | 20 |
| | Alliance | 6 |
| | Scottish National Party | 2 |
| Total | Total | 71 |

## List

| Constituency | MP | Party | Notes |
| Aberdeen North | Robert Hughes | Labour | |
| Aberdeen South | Ian Sproat | Conservative | |
| Argyll | John Mackay | Conservative | |
| Ayr | George Younger | Conservative | |
| Banffshire | David Myles | Conservative | |
| Berwick and East Lothian | John Home Robertson | Labour | |
| Bothwell | James Hamilton | Labour | |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | John Corrie | Conservative | |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Robert Maclennon | Labour | SDP/Alliance 1981- |
| Central Ayrshire | David Lambie | Labour | |
| Central Dunbartonshire | Hugh McCartney | Labour | |
| Central Fife | Willie Hamilton | Labour | |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Martin O'Niell | Labour | |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | James Dempsey | Labour | 1982 By-election |
| Dumfriesshire | Sir Hector Munro | Conservative | |
| Dundee East | Gordon Wilson | SNP | |
| Dundee West | Ernie Ross | Labour | |
| Dunfermline | Dick Douglas | Labour Co-operative | |
| East Aberdeenshire | Albert McQuarrie | Conservative | |
| East Dunbartonshire | Norman Hogg | Labour | |
| East Fife | Barry Henderson | Conservative | |
| East Kilbride | Maurice Miller | Labour | |
| East Renfrewshire | Allen Stewart | Conservative | |
| Edinburgh Central | Robin Cook | Labour | |
| Edinburgh East | Gavin Strang | Labour | |
| Edinburgh Leith | Ron Brown | Labour | |
| Edinburgh North | Alex Fletcher | Conservative | |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Malcolm Rifkind | Conservative | |
| Edinburgh South | Michael Ancram | Conservative | |
| Edinburgh West | James Douglas-Hamilton | Conservative | |
| Galloway | Ian Lang | Conservative | |
| Glasgow Cathcart | John Maxton | Labour | |
| Glasgow Central | Thomas McMillan | Labour | 1980 By-election |
| Glasgow Craigton | Bruce Millan | Labour | |
| Glasgow Garscadden | Donald Dewar | Labour | |
| Glasgow Govan | Andy McMahon | Labour | |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Tam Galbraith | Conservative | 1982 By-election |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Maurice Millar | Labour | |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Jim Craigen | Labour Co-operative | |
| Glasgow Pollok | James White | Labour | |
| Glasgow Provan | Hugh Brown | Labour | |
| Glasgow Queen's Park | Frank McElhone | Labour | 1982 By-election |
| Glasgow Shettleston | David Marshall | Labour | |
| Glasgow Springburn | Michael Martin | Labour | |
| Greenock and Port Glasgow | Dickson Mabon | Labour | SDP/Alliance 1981- |
| Hamilton | George Robertson | Labour | |
| Inverness | Russell Johnston | Liberal | Alliance 1981- |
| Kilmarnock | Willie McKelvey | Labour | |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Nicholas Fairbarn | Conservative | |
| Kirkcaldy | Harry Gourley | Labour | |
| Lanark | Judith Hart | Labour | |
| Midlothian | Alex Eadie | Labour | |
| Moray and Nairn | Alex Pollock | Conservative | |
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
| North Angus and Mearns | Alick Buchanan-Smith | Conservative | |
| North Lanarkshire | John Smith | Labour | |
| Orkney and Zetland | Jo Grimond | Liberal | Alliance 1981- |
| Paisley | Allen Adams | Labour | |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Bill Walker | Conservative | |
| Ross and Cromarty | Hamish Grey | Conservative | |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | David Steel | Liberal | Alliance 1981- |
| Rutherglen | Gregor Mackenzie | Labour | |
| South Angus | Peter Fraser | Conservative | |
| South Ayrshire | George Foulkes | Labour | |
| Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth | Harry Ewing | Labour | |
| West Aberdeenshire | Russell Fairgrieve | Conservative | |
| West Dunbartonshire | Ian Campbell | Labour | |
| West Lothian | Tom Dalyell | Labour | |
| West Renfrewshire | Norman Buchan | Labour | |
| West Stirlingshire | Dennis Canavan | Labour | |
| Na h-Eileanan an lar | Donald Stewart | SNP | |

## 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