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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:election
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gptkbp:campaigns
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3 weeks
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gptkbp:championship
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25,000,000
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gptkbp:coalition
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Liberal Party support
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gptkbp:constituency
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635
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gptkbp:date
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October 10, 1974
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gptkbp:demographics
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gptkb:Older_voters
Working class
Young voters
Middle class
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gptkbp:election
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gptkb:election
Liberal resurgence
Snap election
Conservative decline
Labour's return to power
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gptkbp:election_result
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gptkb:Yes
Opinion polls
Hung parliament
Exit polls
Official results
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gptkbp:held_in
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Post-war Britain
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gptkbp:historical_significance
|
Set the stage for future elections
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1974 General Election (October)
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gptkbp:is_debated_in
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gptkb:Yes
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gptkbp:key_campaign_issues
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gptkb:Public_services
Inflation
Unemployment
Trade unions
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gptkbp:key_issues
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Economic crisis
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gptkbp:key_political_figures
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gptkb:David_Steel
gptkb:Michael_Foot
gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
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gptkbp:leader_of_conservative
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gptkb:Edward_Heath
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gptkbp:leader_of_labour
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gptkb:Harold_Wilson
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gptkbp:media_coverage
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Extensive
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gptkbp:notable_release
|
October 11, 1974
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gptkbp:number_of_seats_won_by_conservative
|
297
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gptkbp:number_of_seats_won_by_labour
|
319
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gptkbp:number_of_seats_won_by_liberal
|
gptkb:14
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gptkbp:number_of_seats_won_by_others
|
gptkb:5
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gptkbp:political_impact
|
Increased instability
Changes in party dynamics
Rise of minority governments
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
|
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gptkbp:post_election_government_formation
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Labour minority government
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gptkbp:preceded_by
|
February 1974 General Election
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gptkbp:resulted_in
|
Labour Party government
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gptkbp:seating_capacity
|
635
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gptkbp:significance
|
First election after the 1973 oil crisis
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
|
gptkb:1979_General_Election
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gptkbp:voter_turnout
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72.8%
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gptkbp:voting_method
|
First-past-the-post
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Liberal_Party_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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