This was the first election to occur under the new boundaries that were imposed which reduced the number of Scottish seats from 72 to 59.

"Andrew Eraser, the man who has forgotten Edinburgh, should no longer be allowed to represent a Scottish seat."

Nearly half the vote was secured in the eight Scottish seats contested.

The SNP also fail to win an absolute majority of the Scottish seats.

The party has one of the six Scottish seats in the European Parliament.

For the 2005 general election, his seat was abolished as part of the reduction in the total number of Scottish seats was reduced.

If Labour lose the Scottish seats in Westminster they're well and truly shafted.

Since losing all their Scottish seats in 1997, the Tories' revival has repeatedly faltered there.

It won 11 seats in October 1974 but only 2 in 1979 and 1983, despite fighting all Scottish seats.

Notably all the Scottish seats before 1832 were single member constituencies.