United Kingdom general election, October 1974
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.
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party = Labour Party (UK) | seats = 319 | gain = 20 | loss = 2 | net = + 18 | votes = 11,457,079 | votes % = 39.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 2.0{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Conservative Party (UK) | seats = 277 | gain = 2 | loss = 22 | net = - 20 | votes = 10,462,565 | votes % = 35.8 | seats % = | plus/minus = - 2.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Liberal Party (UK) | seats = 13 | gain = 1 | loss = 2 | net = - 1 | votes = 5,346,704 | votes % = 18.3 | seats % = | plus/minus = - 1.0{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Scottish National Party | seats = 11 | gain = 4 | loss = 0 | net = + 4 | votes = 839,617 | votes % = 2.9 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.9{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Ulster Unionist Party | seats = 6 | gain = 0 | loss = 1 | net = - 1 | votes = 256,065 | votes % = 0.9 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Plaid Cymru | seats = 3 | gain = 1 | loss = 0 | net = + 1 | votes = 166,321 | votes % = 0.6 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Social Democratic and Labour Party | seats = 1 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 154,193 | votes % = 0.6 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = National Front (UK) | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 113,843 | votes % = 0.4 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.2{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party | seats = 3 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 92,262 | votes % = 0.3 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Democratic Unionist Party | seats = 1 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 59,451 | votes % = 0.3 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 44,644 | votes % = 0.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Labour | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 33,317 | votes % = 0.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Republican | seats = 1 | gain = 1 | loss = 0 | net = + 1 | votes = 32,795 | votes % = 0.2 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.2{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Republican Clubs | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 21,633 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Unionist Party of Northern Ireland | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 20,454 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Communist Party of Great Britain | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 17,426 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Lincoln Democratic Labour Association | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 1 | net = - 1 | votes = 13,714 | votes % = 0.1 | seats % = | plus/minus = + 0.1{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Northern Ireland Labour Party | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 11,539 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Independent (politician) | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 8,812 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = - 0.1{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Ulster Unionist | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 4,982 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A {{Template:Election Summary| | party = United Democratic | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 4,810 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Conservative | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 4,559 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary| | party = More Prosperous Britain | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 4,301 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 3,404 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Independent Liberal | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 3,277 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = - 0.2{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Volunteer Political | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 2,690 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary| | party = Irish Civil Rights | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 2,381 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A {{Template:Election Summary| | party = People Movement | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 1,996 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary| | party = CPE (M-L) | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 1,320 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = 0.0{{Template:Election Summary| | party = English National | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 1,115 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary| | party = United English National | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 793 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 540 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Mebyon Kernow | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 384 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A{{Template:Election Summary Party| | party = Socialist Party of Great Britain | seats = 0 | gain = 0 | loss = 0 | net = 0 | votes = 118 | votes % = 0.0 | seats % = | plus/minus = N/A | 
