United Kingdom general election, 1992 (Scotland)

United Kingdom general election, 1992

9 April 1992

All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons   First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock John Major Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 28 November 1990 Last election 50 Seats 10 Seats Seats before 10 Seats won 49 11 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,142,911 751,950 Percentage 39.0% 25.6% Swing 3.4% 1.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paddy Ashdown Alex Salmond Party Liberal Democrat SNP Leader since 16 July 1988 22 September 1990 Last election 9 3 Seats Seats before 9 3 Seats won 9 3 Seat change Popular vote 383,856 629,564 Percentage 13.1% 21.5% Swing 6.1% 7.4%

Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister John Major Conservative

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	49	1	1,142,911	39.0	3.4
	Conservative	11	1	751,950	25.6	1.6
	Liberal Democrat	9		383,856	13.1	6.1
	SNP	3		629,564	21.5	7.4
		Other	0		23,417	0.8	0.5
Turnout:				2,931,698	75.5	0.4

Votes summary

Popular Vote
Labour			39.00%
Conservative			25.60%
SNP			21.50%
Liberal Democrats			13.10%
Other			0.80%

Parliament seats
Labour			68.06%
Conservative			15.27%
Liberal Democrats			12.50%
SNP			4.16%

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