301Labour seats
37.2%Largest party’s vote share
78.8%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day28 February 1974
01Largest party by seatsLabour
02Seats won301
03Vote share37.2%
04Turnout78.8%
Government outcome
Hung Parliament · Labour minority government.
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
Conservative297
Labour301
Liberal14
SNP / Plaid Cymru9
Other parties14
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”.