| Scottish representation in the House of Commons, 1707--1996 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Scottish seats | UK seats | Scottish share of UK seats | Scottish population | UK population | Scottish share of UK population | Scottish electorate | UK electorate | Scottish share of UK electorate | Scottish seat share/population share | Scottish seat share/electorate share | |
| 1707 | 45 | 558 | 0.081 | 1040000 | 6866000 | 0.151 | 0.532 | |||||
| 1800 | 45 | 658 | 0.068 | 1599000 | 15972000 | 0.100 | 4500 | 0.683 | ||||
| 1832 | 53 | 658 | 0.081 | 2364386 | 24028584 | 0.098 | 64447 | 812938 | 0.079 | 0.819 | 1.016 | |
| 1868 | 60 | 658 | 0.091 | 3360018 | 31484661 | 0.107 | 240624 | 2484713 | 0.097 | 0.854 | 0.942 | |
| 1885 | 72 | 670 | 0.107 | 3735573 | 34884848 | 0.107 | 573409 | 5708030 | 0.100 | 1.004 | 1.070 | |
| 1918 | 74 | 707 | 0.105 | 4882497 | 47088859 | 0.104 | 2232666 | 21392322 | 0.104 | 1.009 | 1.003 | |
| 1922 | 74 | 615 | 0.120 | 4882497 | 44021747 | 0.111 | 2261944 | 20874456 | 0.108 | 1.085 | 1.110 | |
| 1945 | 74 | 640 | 0.116 | 5096415 | 50225224 | 0.101 | 3406701 | 33240391 | 0.102 | 1.139 | 1.128 | |
| 1950 | 71 | 625 | 0.114 | 5096415 | 50225224 | 0.101 | 3370190 | 34412255 | 0.098 | 1.120 | 1.160 | |
| 1955 | 71 | 630 | 0.113 | 5096415 | 50225224 | 0.101 | 3387536 | 34852179 | 0.097 | 1.111 | 1.159 | |
| 1974 | 71 | 635 | 0.112 | 5228963 | 55514603 | 0.094 | 3655621 | 39753863 | 0.092 | 1.187 | 1.216 | |
| 1983 | 72 | 650 | 0.111 | 5130735 | 55679919 | 0.092 | 3886899 | 42192999 | 0.092 | 1.202 | 1.202 | |
| 1996 | 72 | 659 | 0.109 | 5146000 | 58784000 | 0.088 | 3965318 | 43848582 | 0.090 | 1.248 | 1.208 |