317Labour seats
44.1%Largest party’s vote share
77.1%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day15 October 1964
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won317
03Vote share44.1%
04Turnout77.1%
Government outcome
Labour government · majority 5.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative304
Labour317
Liberal9
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.