This was the last general election at which the Labour Party won a majority of seats and plurality of votes in Scotland until 2024.

In the election, the party only increased their share of the vote by 2.3% and had their number of seats reduced to six after being overwhelmingly defeated in the Glasgow East constituency.

Many prominent government officials were representing Scottish constituencies, such as the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Chancellor Alistair Darling.

Two former Liberal Democrat leaders, Charles Kennedy and Menzies Campbell represent Scottish constituencies.

It was too late for him to be replaced and he still read as the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party candidate on the ballot paper.