| Party                   | Leader             | From          | To         |
| Scottish National Party | Gordon Wallace     | May 1974      | May 1978   |
| Scottish National Party | Robert Cunning     | May 1978      | May 1980   |
| Labour                  | (?)                | May 1974      | May 1980   |
| Labour                  | Iain Nicolson      | May 1980      | May 1984   |
| Labour                  | Charles Kennedy    | May 1984      | Jan 1989   |
| Labour                  | Andrew Cochrane    | Jan 1989      | May 1992   |
| Labour                  | Robert Coyle       | May 1992      | May 1993   |
| Labour                  | Brian Wallace      | Jun 1993      | Sep 1994   |
| Labour                  | Charles Kennedy    | Sep 1994      | Apr 1996   |
| Conservative            | William Leslie (?) | May 1974      | May 1992   |
| Conservative            | Ian Young          | May 1992      | April 1996 |
| SDP/Liberal Alliance    | Joyce Shannon      | February 1986 | May 1992   |
| Independent             | Andrew Archibald   | May 1974      | May 1977   |