1974 UK general election (October)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1974_UK_general_election_(October)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_change -20
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 277
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 35.8%
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_votes 10,462,565
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 10 October 1974
gptkbp:dissolved 20 September 1974
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:February_1974_UK_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1974 UK general election (October)
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_change +18
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 319
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 39.2%
gptkbp:Labour_Party_votes 11,457,079
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_seats_change -1
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_vote_share 18.3%
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_votes 5,346,704
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 13
gptkbp:majoritySeats 318
gptkbp:notableAchievement first time two general elections held in one year since 1910
Labour won a narrow majority
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:Plaid_Cymru_leader gptkb:Gwynfor_Evans
gptkbp:Plaid_Cymru_seats 3
gptkbp:Plaid_Cymru_seats_change 0
gptkbp:Plaid_Cymru_vote_share 0.6%
gptkbp:Plaid_Cymru_votes 171,374
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1979_UK_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:reason_for_election hung parliament after February 1974 election
gptkbp:Scottish_National_Party_leader gptkb:William_Wolfe
gptkbp:Scottish_National_Party_seats 11
gptkbp:Scottish_National_Party_seats_change +4
gptkbp:Scottish_National_Party_vote_share 2.9%
gptkbp:Scottish_National_Party_votes 839,617
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 635
gptkbp:Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party_seats 1
gptkbp:Speaker_seats 1
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:Ulster_Unionist_Party_seats 6
gptkbp:voterTurnout 72.8%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Derby_South
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6