1974 UK general election (February)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1974_UK_general_election_(February)
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:cause No overall majority in Parliament and industrial unrest
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 297
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 37.9%
11,872,180
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateHeld 28 February 1974
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1970_UK_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1974 UK general election (February)
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 301
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 37.2%
11,645,616
gptkbp:LiberalPopularVote 6,059,519
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 14
gptkbp:LiberalVoteShare 19.3%
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableFor First hung parliament since 1929
Two general elections held in one year
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1974_UK_general_election_(October)
gptkb:1979_UK_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:result gptkb:Hung_parliament
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 635
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.8%
gptkbp:won gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Derby_South
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6