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.
Detailed results and source data
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”.