UK General Election 1974 (October)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
General Election
|
| gptkbp:campaigns |
3 weeks
|
| gptkbp:charityWork |
319
|
| gptkbp:date |
October 10, 1974
|
| gptkbp:electionYear |
Debates on environmental issues
Debates on social issues Debates on civil rights Focus on economic issues Debates on foreign policy Debates on education Debates on taxation Debates on energy policy Debates on international relations Debates on public spending Debates on health care Debates on housing Debates on inflation control Debates on law and order Debates on public services Debates on the economy Debates on trade unions Debates on welfare state Labour formed a minority government Snap election |
| gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty |
gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party gptkb:Liberal_Party |
| gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
UK General Election 1974 (October)
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| gptkbp:keyIssues |
Inflation
Industrial relations Unemployment Economic crisis Energy crisis |
| gptkbp:minister |
gptkb:Harold_Wilson
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkb:Harold_Wilson gptkb:Edward_Heath |
| gptkbp:numberOfSeasons |
635
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| gptkbp:politicalParty |
14
297 Labour majority of 3 |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
February 1974 General Election
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Labour_Party_government
|
| gptkbp:significance |
First election after the 1973 oil crisis
Part of the 1974 UK general elections series Resulted in a hung parliament in February 1974 |
| gptkbp:succeededBy |
1979 General Election
|
| gptkbp:titleOfNobility |
gptkb:Edward_Heath
|
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
First-past-the-post
72.8% |