1918 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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In 1918, after World War I, the United Kingdom held a general election on 14 December. Scotland had 74 seats in the House of Commons: 71 territorial seats (32 burgh and 38 county) and one university constituency that elected 3 members by the Single Transferable Vote (STV).

The election followed the wartime Coalition government of Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Coalition supporters received special endorsements called “Coalition Coupons,” and most coupon candidates were Conservatives, Unionists, and Coalition Liberals.

Results in Scotland:
- Unionists won 30 seats.
- Coalition Liberals won 30 seats.
- The official Liberal Party, led by H. H. Asquith, won 9 seats.
- Labour won 6 seats (two Labour members were elected under non-official labels: George Barnes for Glasgow Gorbals as Coalition Labour and Frank Rose for Aberdeen North as Independent Labour).

University seats:
- The Combined Scottish Universities elected 3 members using STV.

Overall UK outcome:
- The coalition scored a landslide victory nationwide. Many Liberals who did not have coupons were defeated, including Asquith, who lost his East Fife seat. He later returned to Parliament in 1920 for Paisley.