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United Kingdom General Election 1997 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 Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997 to 2001) at the 1997 United Kingdom general election.

Composition

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 56
Liberal Democrats 10
Scottish National Party 6
 Total 72

List

MP Constituency Party Notes
Aberdeen Central Frank Doran Labour
Aberdeen North Malcolm Savidge Labour
Aberdeen South Anne Begg Labour
Airdrie and Shotts Helen Liddell Labour
Angus Andrew Welsh SNP
Argyll and Bute Ray Michie Liberal Democrats
Ayr Sandra Osborne Labour
Banff and Buchan Alex Salmond SNP
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Robert Maclennan Liberal Democrats
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley George Foulkes Labour Co-operative
Central Fife Henry McLeish Labour
Clydebank and Milngavie Tony Worthington Labour
Clydesdale Jimmy Hood Labour
Coatbridge and Chryston Tom Clarke Labour
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Rosemary McKenna Labour
Cunninghame North Brian Wilson Labour
Cunninghame South Brian Donohoe Labour
Dumbarton John McFall Labour Co-operative
Dumfries Russell Brown Labour
Dundee East John McAllion Labour
Dundee West Ernie Ross Labour
Dunfermline East Gordon Brown Labour
Dunfermline West Rachel Squire Labour
East Kilbride Adam Ingram Labour
East Lothian John Home Robertson Labour
Eastwood Jim Murphy Labour
Edinburgh Central Alistair Darling Labour
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Gavin Strang Labour
Edinburgh North and Leith Malcolm Chisholm Labour
Edinburgh Pentlands Dr Lynda Clark Labour
Edinburgh South Nigel Griffiths Labour
Edinburgh West Donald Gorrie Liberal Democrat
Falkirk East Michael Connarty Labour
Falkirk West Dennis Canavan Labour 2000 By-election
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Alasdair Morgan SNP
Glasgow, Anniesland Donald Dewar Labour 2000 By-election
Glasgow Baillieston Jimmy Wray Labour
Glasgow Cathcart John Maxton Labour
Glasgow Govan Mohammad Sarwar Labour
Glasgow Kelvin George Galloway Labour
Glasgow Maryhill Maria Fyfe Labour
Glasgow Pollok Ian Davidson Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Rutherglen Thomas McAvoy Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Shettleston David Marshall Labour
Glasgow, Springburn Michael Martin None - Speaker
Gordon Malcolm Bruce Liberal Democrat
Greenock and Inverclyde Norman Godman Labour
Hamilton North and Bellshill John Reid Labour
Hamilton South George Robertson Labour 1999 By-election
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber David Stewart Labour
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Des Browne Labour
Kirkcaldy Dr Lewis Moonie Labour Co-operative
Linlithgow Sir Tam Dalyell Labour
Livingston Robin Cook Labour
Midlothian Eric Clarke Labour
Moray Margaret Ewing SNP
Motherwell and Wishaw Frank Roy Labour
North East Fife Sir Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
North Tayside John Swinney SNP
Ochil Martin O'Neill Labour
Orkney and Shetland Jim Wallace Liberal Democrat
Paisley North Irene Adams Labour
Paisley South Gordon McMaster Labour 1997 By-election
Perth Roseanna Cunningham SNP
Ross, Skye and Inverness West Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat
Roxburgh and Berwickshire Archy Kirkwood Liberal Democrat
Stirling Anne McGuire Labour Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (2001–2002)
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Sam Galbraith Labour
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Sir Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
West Renfrewshire Tommy Graham Labour
Western Isles Calum Macdonald Labour

By-elections

  • 1997 Paisley South By-election, Douglas Alexander, Labour
  • 1999 Hamilton South By-election, Bill Tynan, Labour
  • 2000 Glasgow Anniesland By-election, John Robertson, Labour
  • 2000 Falkirk West By-election, Eric Joyce, Labour

See also

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