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United Kingdom General Election 1987 in Scotland.svg
Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

This is a list of the 72 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Fiftieth parliament of the United Kingdom (1987 to 1992) at the 1987 United Kingdom general election.

Composition at election

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 50
Alliance 9
Scottish National Party 3
Conservative Party 10
 Total 72

Composition at dissolusion

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 50
Liberal Democrats 10
Scottish National Party 5
Conservative Party 9
 Total 72

List

Constituency MP Party Notes
Aberdeen North Robert Hughes Labour
Aberdeen South Frank Doran Labour
Argyll and Bute Ray Michie Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Ayr George Younger Conservative
Banff and Buchan Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
Caithness and Sutherland Robert Maclennan Alliance (SDP) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley George Foulkes Labour Co-operative
Central Fife Henry McLeish Labour
Clackmannan Martin O'Neill Labour
Clydebank and Milngavie Tony Worthington Labour
Clydesdale Jimmy Hood Labour
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Norman Hogg Labour
Cunninghame North Brian Wilson Labour
Cunninghame South David Lambie Labour
Dumbarton John McFall Labour Co-operative
Dumfries Hector Monro Conservative
Dundee East John McAllion Labour
Dundee West Ernie Ross Labour
Dunfermline East Gordon Brown Labour
Dunfermline West Dick Douglas Labour Co-operative SNP from 1990
East Angus Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party
East Kilbride Adam Ingram Labour
East Lothian John Home Robertson Labour
Eastwood Allan Stewart Conservative
Edinburgh Central Alistair Darling Labour
Edinburgh East Gavin Strang Labour
Edinburgh Leith Ron Brown Labour
Edinburgh Pentlands Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
Edinburgh South Nigel Griffiths Labour
Edinburgh West James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative
Falkirk East Harry Ewing Labour
Falkirk West Dennis Canavan Labour
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Ian Lang Conservative
Glasgow Cathcart John Maxton Labour
Glasgow Central Bob Mctaggart Labour 1989 By-election
Glasgow Garscadden Donald Dewar Labour
Glasgow Govan Bruce Millan Labour 1988 By-election
Glasgow Hillhead George Galloway Labour
Glasgow Maryhill Maria Fyfe Labour
Glasgow Pollok Jimmy Dunnachie Labour
Glasgow Provan Jimmy Wray Labour
Glasgow Rutherglen Thomas McAvoy Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Shettleston David Marshall Labour
Glasgow, Springburn Michael Martin Labour
Gordon Malcolm Bruce Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Greenock and Port Glasgow Norman Godman Labour
Hamilton George Robertson Labour
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber Russell Johnston Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Willie McKelvey Labour
Kincardine and Deeside Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative 1991 By-election
Kirkcaldy Dr Lewis Moonie Labour Co-operative
Linlithgow Sir Tam Dalyell Labour
Livingston Robin Cook Labour
Midlothian Alex Eadie Labour
Monklands East John Smith Labour
Monklands West Tom Clarke Labour
Moray Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party
Motherwell North John Reid Labour
Motherwell South Jeremy Bray Labour
North East Fife Sir Menzies Campbell Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
North Tayside Bill Walker Conservative
Orkney and Shetland Jim Wallace Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Paisley North Allen Adams Labour 1990 By-election
Paisley South Norman Buchan Labour 1990 By-election
Perth and Kinross Nicholas Fairbairn Conservative
Renfrew West and Inverclyde Tommy Graham Labour
Ross, Cromarty and Skye Charles Kennedy Alliance (SDP) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Roxburgh and Berwickshire Archy Kirkwood Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Stirling Michael Forsyth Conservative
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Sam Galbraith Labour
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale David Steel Alliance (Liberal) Scottish Liberal Democrat from 1988
Western Isles Calum Macdonald Labour

By-elections

  • 1988 Glasgow Govan By-election, Jim Sillars, SNP
  • 1989 Glasgow Central By-election, Mike Watson, Labour
  • 1990 Paisley North By-election, Irene Adams, Labour
  • 1990 Paisley South By-election, Gordon McMaster, Labour
  • 1991 Kincardine and Deeside By-election, Nicol Stephen, Scottish Liberal Democrat

See also

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