1974 in Scotland
# 1974 in Scotland

Events from the year 1974 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Gordon Campbell until 4 March; then Willie Ross

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Norman Wylie; then Ronald King Murray
* Solicitor General for Scotland – William Stewart until March; then John McCluskey

### Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
* Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Birsay

## Events

* 27 January – MV Captayannis capsizes in the Firth of Clyde.
* 28 February – The February general election results in the first hung parliament in the UK since 1929, though Labour does win a majority of seats in Scotland. The Scottish National Party make a breakthrough winning 7 MPs.
* March
   * Brora Coalfield is abandoned.
   * Last permanent inhabitants of Swona leave.
* 6 May – Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail's West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow Central railway station.
* 10 October – The second general election of the year results in a narrow victory for Prime Minister Harold Wilson, giving Labour a slim majority of three seats. Labour also wins a majority of seats in Scotland for a second time in the year; whilst the Scottish National Party secures its highest-ever Westminster representation up to this date with 11 seats. It would be 41 years before the SNP would not only beat their own record result; but also replace Labour as the largest political party in Scotland.
* 31 December – Idi Amin, President of Uganda, issues a proclamation in support of Scottish independence.
* Calum MacLeod (of Raasay) completes a 10-year self-imposed task of personally constructing "Calum's Road", a nearly 2 mile (3 km) track at the north end of the island.
* Last permanent inhabitants of Taransay leave.

## Births

* 15 January – Edith Bowman, DJ
* 17 January – Danny Bhoy, born Danni Chaudhry, comedian
* 9 August – Lesley McKenna, snowboarder
* 23 August – Ray Park, actor
* 20 October – Limmy, born Brian Limond, comedian and social media personality
* 30 October – Kerry McGregor, singer-songwriter and actress
* 9 December – Fiona MacDonald, curler
* 31 December – Kathryn Joseph, born Kathryn Sawers, singer-songwriter

## Deaths

* 24 January – Andrew Dewar Gibb, lawyer and Scottish National Party politician (born 1888)
* 29 May – James MacTaggart, television producer (born 1928)

## The arts

* 6 June – a television version of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is broadcast by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series.
