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

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.

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

Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

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

See also

• List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2019–present)