February 1974 UK general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/February_1974_UK_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:cause loss of Conservative majority and industrial unrest
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 297
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 37.9%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 28 February 1974
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label February 1974 UK general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 301
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 37.2%
gptkbp:largestPartyBySeats gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:largestPartyByVotes gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVoteShare 19.3%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 14
gptkbp:notableFor first of two general elections in 1974
Labour formed minority government
resulted in hung parliament
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1970_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:result hung parliament
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 635
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.8%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Unity_(Northern_Ireland)
gptkb:1970_UK_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6