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144: 560:, in which 1,617,989 voters (44.7%) backed independence while 2,001,926 (55.3%) did not. The referendum saw a record turnout of 84.59%, the "highest turnout in any nationwide ballot in Scotland since the advent of the mass franchise after the First World War". There was speculation as to whether this would significantly affect the turnout in the general election. An immediate consequence of the referendum was a massive rise in the membership of the pro-independence parties, with the SNP in particular adding 60,000 to its membership to reach over 85,000 within two months of the referendum. 473: 151: 325: 1280: 318: 5463: 36: 1795: 1576: 1534: 1492: 1475: 1449: 1407: 1390: 1364: 1347: 458: 450: 415: 289: 281: 242: 234: 116: 1760: 1737: 1721: 1696: 1680: 1641: 1602: 1560: 1518: 1433: 408: 655:. In the 2010 election, the Labour Party in Scotland increased its share of the vote by 2.5% and re-gained the Glasgow East and Dunfermline and West Fife constituencies giving them 41 out of 59 seats in Scotland. At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Labour lost out to the SNP across much of the central belt of Scotland, holding on to 15 out of 73 constituency seats in Scotland. 812:
4 May – Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and comedian Eddie Izzard were heckled by opponents while campaigning in Glasgow city centre, with the scene descending into scuffles. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon condemned the scenes but said they had "nothing to do with the SNP". The following day the SNP
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of Scotland, a region which has traditionally had a strong affiliation with the Labour Party. The Yes campaign took 44.7% of the vote in Scotland on a high turnout of 84.6%: well beyond the SNP's 19.9% vote share at the 2010 UK general election. This took form at the 2015 UK general election with a
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entered into the row, and repeated claims by David Cameron that an Labour-SNP government would be a "recipe for mayhem" and entering blackmail. A number of former Conservative ministers entered into the debate claiming deep unease about the rhetoric.
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claimed it was playing a "short term and dangerous game" which could further threaten the union. Ed Miliband rejected the claims, while Nicola Sturgeon labelled Sir John's comments as "Silly over the top and an affront to
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becoming the only constituency in Scotland to have a Labour MP after the election. The party lost out heavily to the SNP in working-class areas around central Scotland, with Scottish Labour's safest constituency
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tend to return mostly Labour MPs whereas the South of England tends to vote mostly for the Conservatives. Many prominent government officials represented Scottish constituencies, such as the Prime Minister
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announced that they would contest more Scottish seats than they did in the 2010 election. UKIP targeted the sole Conservative seat in Scotland, as well as standing candidates in several others. The
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UK Government with the conservatives, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost 10 of its 11 Westminster constituencies from 2010, with its safest constituency in Great Britain -
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12 April – Third TV debate was broadcast on BBC Scotland, between the four main parties. The debate was criticised, with many of the public claiming it was a "Rammy".
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As in 2010, there were televised debates ahead of the election, featuring the leaders of the four main Scottish parties. The first debate was broadcast on
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31 March – The first official day of the election campaign got under way, with the Scottish Greens becoming the first party to launch their manifesto.
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also announced its intention to contest more seats than in 2010, though in the event did not stand a single candidate in a Scottish constituency. The
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10 April – Ed Miliband visits Edinburgh, claiming the SNP's aim to have full control of tax in Scotland would create a Β£7.6bn financial "black hole".
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and even with an increase of 2.3% in the vote, it only managed to retain the seats it had won in the 2005 general election. A year later, in the
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described Cameron's repeated warnings about the SNP as "puzzling" and "pointless", and might even push Scots to vote tactically for Labour.
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Scottish Labour had held the majority of seats in Scotland in every general election since the 1960s. This is usually attributed to the
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lost out to the SNP by 4% of the vote. Among those to lose their constituency at the election were former Liberal Democrat leader
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on 8 April with additional representatives from the Scottish Greens and UKIP. A follow-up date a few days later took place on
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Of the 59 sitting MPs from Scotland at the dissolution of Parliament, 52 stood for re-election, but only 9 were successful:
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suffered its worst ever election defeat in Scotland, losing 40 of the 41 seats it was defending, including the seats of
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makes the acquisition of a single-party majority challenging. The SNP gained 32 constituencies, 22 of which came from
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In the context of a broader collapse in the party's support across Great Britain at the end five years as part of a
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from 1987 to 2010, and therefore had the longest total service of any Scottish MP returned at the 2015 election.
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saturation of the SNP vote in areas which had a higher "Yes" vote at the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
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8 April – Second TV debate was broadcast on BBC Scotland, with UKIP and the Scottish Greens included.
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The Scottish Conservatives have not held a majority of Scottish seats in a general election since
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and taking the largest share of the Scottish vote in sixty years, at approximately 50 per cent.
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Sub-national opinion polling for the 2015 United Kingdom general election Β§ Scotland
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In 2015 Labour lost 40 of its 41 Scottish constituencies at the UK Parliament, with
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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015 and all 59 seats in
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by just 6.6% of the vote. Labour's next closest constituency result came in
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The SNP's majority in the Scottish Parliament allowed it to legislate for a
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between pro-independence partiesβ€”specifically the SNP, the Greens, and the
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Coloured according to the winning party's vote share in each constituency
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losing their seats. The election also saw the worst performance by the
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General elections in Scotland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the
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lost ten of the eleven seats they were defending, with the then
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2015 UK General Election (Scottish Westminster Constituencies)
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2015 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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at the age of 20, making her the youngest MP since the
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and it lost all eleven of its seats in the election of
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placed two members under "administrative suspension".
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List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (2015–17)
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2015 United Kingdom general election
2010
2017
outgoing members
elected members
59 Scottish seats
House of Commons
Nicola Sturgeon
Ed Miliband
Nicola Sturgeon
Ed Miliband
SNP
Labour
14 November 2014
25 September 2010
1
David Cameron
Nick Clegg
David Cameron
Nick Clegg
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
6 December 2005
18 December 2007
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Scotland
first-past-the-post
single-member district

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