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UK general election October 1974 results

UK general election held on 10 October 1974: Labour was the largest party by seats with 319. Turnout was 72.8%.

319Labour seats
39.3%Largest party’s vote share
72.8%Turnout

Election result

DATEPolling day10 October 1974
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won319
03Vote share39.3%
04Turnout72.8%

Government outcome

Labour government · majority 4.

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.

Seats won by party

PartySeats
Conservative277
Labour319
Liberal13
SNP / Plaid Cymru14
Other parties12

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”.

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