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1974 UK general election (October)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1974_UK_general_election_(October)
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
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