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United Kingdom general election, 1974 (October)

October 1974 election

1979 election

The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, having taken power in a minority government after the February election, returned to the polls and won a tiny majority.

It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	11,457,079	319	+ 18	39.2
Conservative	10,462,565	277	- 20	35.8
Liberal	5,346,704	13	- 1	18.3
SNP	839,617	11	+ 4	2.9
Ulster Unionist	256,065	6	-1	0.9
Plaid Cymru	166,321	3	+ 1	0.6
SDLP	154,193	1		0.6
National Front	113,843	0		0.4
VUPP	92,262	3		0.3
Democratic Unionist	59,451	1		0.3
Alliance (NI)	44,644	0		0.2
Independent Labour	33,317	0		0.2
Independent Republican	32,795	1	+1	0.2
Republican Clubs	21,633	0		0.1
UPNI	20,454	0		0.1
Communist	17,426	0		0.1
Democratic Labour	13,714	0		0.0
Labour (NI)	11,539	0		0.0
Independent	8,812	0		0.0
Independent Ulster Unionist	4,982	0		0.0
UDP	4,810	0		0.0
Independent Conservative	4,559	0		0.0
CfMPB	4,301	0		0.0
WRP	3,404	0		0.0
Independent Liberal	3,277	0		0.0
Volunteer Political	2,690	0		0.0
ICRA	2,381	0		0.0
People Movement	1,996	0		0.0

Total number of votes: 29,189,104. All parties gaining more than 1,500 votes shown.

Last updated: 06-02-2005 23:28:29

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