The 1987 Westminster Election

The 1987 General Election - Westminster

Constituencies Changing Hands

Constituency	Winner	Loser
Aberdeen South
Angus East
Argyll & Bute
Banff & Buchan
Cunninghame North
Dundee East
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh South
Fife North East
Glasgow Hillhead
Moray
Renfrew West & Inverclyde
Strathkelvin & Bearsden
Western Isles

Retiring MPs

11 of Scotland's 72 MPs - 10 Labour, and 1 Scottish National Party - retired at the 1987 General Election. MPs of the same party were returned in each constituency except for the Western Isles which was won by Labour from the SNP. NB the seat of Kirkcaldy was vacant at the general election following the death of Harry Gourlay.

MP	Constituency	Party	Replacement
Hugh Brown	Glasgow Provan 1964 - 1987		James Wray
Ian Campbell	Dunbartonshire West 1970 -1983 Dumbarton 1983-1987		John McFall
Jim Craigen	Glasgow Maryhill Feb 1974 - 1987		Maria Fyfe
James Hamilton	Bothwell 1964 - 1983 Motherwell North 1983 - 1987		Dr John Reid
Willie Hamilton	Fife West 1950 - 1974 Fife Central 1974 - 1987		Henry McLeish
Dame Judith Hart (Later Baroness Hart of South Lanark)	Lanark 1959 - 1983 Clydesdale 1983 - 1987		James Hood
Gregor Mackenzie	Rutherglen 1964 (by-election) - 1983 Glasgow Rutherglen 1983 - 1987		Tom McAvoy
Hugh McCartney	Dunbartonshire East 1970 - Feb 1974 Dunbartonshire Central Feb 1974 - 1983 Clydebank & Milngavie 1983 - 1987		Tony Worthington
Dr Maurice Miller	Glasgow Kelvingrove 1964 - Feb 1974 East Kilbride Feb 1974 - 1987		Adam Ingram
Rt Hon Donald Stewart	Western Isles 1970 - 1987		Ian Smith (not elected)
James White	Glasgow Pollok 1970 - 1987		James Dunnachie

Defeated MPs

60 of Scotland's 72 MPs stood for re-election in 1987. Of these, 47 were elected and 13 were defeated - 11 Conservatives, one Social Democratic Party and one Scottish National Party. Roy Jenkins resigned as Labour Home Secretary in 1976 to become President of the European Community. He was a founder of the SDP and after his defeat joined the House of Lords as Lord Jenkins of Hillhead. John Mackay became Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish and was appointed Conservative deputy leader in House of Lords following the sacking of Lord Cranbourne by William Hague and the resignation of the entire Conservative front bench team in the Lords. Lord Fraser also entered the House of Lords as Lord Fraser of Carmyllie. The Right Honourable Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram (son and heir to the 12 th Marquis of Lothian) has been MP for Devizes in Wiltshire since 1992. Gerry Malone was elected MP for Winchester in 1992 and was defeated by two votes in 1997.

MP	Constituency	Party	Defeated by	Party
John Corrie	Bute & North Ayrshire Feb 1974 - 1983 Cunninghame North 1983 - 1987		Brian Wilson
Roy Jenkins (Later Lord Jenkins of Hillhead)	Labour MP for Southwark Central 1948 (by-election) - 1950 Labour MP for Birmingham Stechford 1950 - 1976 SDP MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1982 (by-election) - 1987		George Galloway
Peter Fraser (Later Lord Fraser of Carmyllie)	Angus South 1979 - 1983 Angus East 1983 - 1987		Andrew Welsh
Barrie Henderson	Dunbartonshire East Feb - Oct 1974 Fife East 1979 - 1983 Fife North East 1983 - 1987		Menzies Campbell
Michael Hirst later Sir Michael Hirst	Strathkelvin & Bearsden 1983 - 1987		Dr Sam Galbraith
Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram (Later 13 th Marquis of Lothian)	Berwick & East Lothian Feb - Oct 1974 Edinburgh South 1979 - 1987		Nigel Griffiths
John MacKay (Later Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish)	Argyll 1979 - 1983 Argyll & Bute 1983 - 1987		Ray Michie (Later Baroness Michie of Gallanach)
Gerry Malone	Aberdeen South 1983 - 1987		Frank Doran
Sir Alex Fletcher	Edinburgh North 1973 (by-election) - 1983 Edinburgh Central 1983 - 1987		Alistair Darling
Anna McCurley	Renfrew & Inverclyde 1983 - 1987		Tommy Graham
Albert McQuarrie	Aberdeenshire East 1979 - 1983 Banff & Buchan 1983 - 1987		Alex Salmond
Alex Pollock	Moray & Nairn 1979 - 1983 Moray 1983 - 1987		Margaret Ewing
Gordon Wilson	Dundee East Feb 1974 -1987		John McAllion

Scotland's New MPs

At the 1987 general election, Scotland elected 25 new MPs - 20 Labour, three SNP and two Lib/All.

MP	Constituency	Party	Means of Election
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife		Defeated Barrie Henderson MP (Conservative)
Alastair Darling	Edinburgh Central		Defeated Sir Alex Fletcher MP (Conservative)
Frank Doran	Aberdeen South		Defeated Gerry Malone MP (Conservative)
James Dunnachie	Glasgow Pollok		Succeeded James White MP
Margaret Ewing (Bain) MP for Dunbartonshire East Oct 74 - 79	Moray		Defeated Alex Pollock MP (Conservative)
Maria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill		Succeeded Jim Craigen MP
Dr Sam Galbraith	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Defeated Michael Hirst MP (Conservative)
George Galloway	Glasgow Hillhead		Defeated Roy Jenkins MP (SDP/All)
Thomas Graham	Renfrew West & Inverclyde		Defeated Anna McCurley MP (Conservative)
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South		Defeated Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram MP (Conservative)
James Hood	Clydesdale		Succeeded Dame Judith Hart MP
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride		Succeeded Dr Maurice Miller MP
Calum Macdonald	Western Isles		Defeated Ian Smith (SNP) following retirement of Rt Hon Donald Stewart MP (SNP)
John McAllion	Dundee East		Defeated Gordon Wilson MP (SNP)
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen		Succeeded Gregor MacKenzie MP
John McFall	Dumbarton		Succeeded Ian Campbell MP
Henry McLeish	Central Fife		Succeeded Willie Hamilton MP
Ray Michie	Argyll & Bute		Defeated John MacKay MP (Conservative)
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy		Seat vacant following death of Harry Gourlay MP
Dr John Reid	Motherwell North		Succeeded James Hamilton MP
Alex Salmond	Banff & Buchan		Defeated Albert McQuarrie MP (Conservative)
Andrew Welsh MP for South Angus Oct 74 - 79	East Angus		Defeated Peter Fraser MP (Conservative)
Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North		Defeated John Corrie MP (Conservative)
Tony Worthington	Clydebank & Milngavie		Succeeded Hugh McCartney MP
James Wray	Glasgow Provan		Succeeded Hugh Brown MP