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Uk General Election, 1974 (October) | February 1974 election | | b>October 1974 election | | a href="/encyclopedia/UK-general-election,-1979" title="UK general election, 1979">1979 election | The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, having taken power in a minority government after the February election, returned to the polls and won a tiny majority. It was at this election that the Scottish National Party secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs. | lign="center"|Party | align="center"|Votes | align="center"|Seats | align="center"|Loss/Gain | align="center"|Share of Vote (%) | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Party-(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour | align="right"|11,457,079 | align="center"|319 | align="center"|+ 18 | align="center"|39.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Conservative-Party-(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative | align="right"|10,462,565 | align="center"|277 | align="center"|- 20 | align="center"|35.8 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal | align="right"|5,346,704 | align="center"|13 | align="center"|- 1 | align="center"|18.3 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Scottish-National-Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP | align="right"|839,617 | align="center"|11 | align="center"|+ 4 | align="center"|2.9 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Ulster-Unionist-Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist | align="right"|256,065 | align="center"|6 | align="center"|-1 | align="center"|0.9 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Plaid-Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru | align="right"|166,321 | align="center"|3 | align="center"|+ 1 | align="center"|0.6 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-and-Labour-Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">SDLP | align="right"|154,193 | align="center"|1 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.6 | | a href="/encyclopedia/National-Front-(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front | align="right"|113,843 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.4 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Vanguard-Progressive-Unionist-Party" title="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party">VUPP | align="right"|92,262 | align="center"|3 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.3 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Democratic-Unionist-Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist | align="right"|59,451 | align="center"|1 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.3 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Alliance-Party-of-Northern-Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance (NI) | align="right"|44,644 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.2 | | ndependent Labour | align="right"|33,317 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Frank-Maguire" title="Frank Maguire">Independent Republican | align="right"|32,795 | align="center"|1 | align="center"|+1 | align="center"|0.2 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Republican-Clubs" title="Republican Clubs">Republican Clubs | align="right"|21,633 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Unionist-Party-of-Northern-Ireland" title="Unionist Party of Northern Ireland">UPNI | align="right"|20,454 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-Great-Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist | align="right"|17,426 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Lincoln-Democratic-Labour-Association" title="Lincoln Democratic Labour Association">Democratic Labour | align="right"|13,714 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Northern-Ireland-Labour-Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">Labour (NI) | align="right"|11,539 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent | align="right"|8,812 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Ulster Unionist | align="right"|4,982 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/United-Democratic-Party" title="United Democratic Party">UDP | align="right"|4,810 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Conservative | align="right"|4,559 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Campaign-for-a-More-Prosperous-Britain" title="Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain">CfMPB | align="right"|4,301 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Workers-Revolutionary-Party" title="Workers Revolutionary Party">WRP | align="right"|3,404 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Liberal | align="right"|3,277 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Volunteer-Political-Party" title="Volunteer Political Party">Volunteer Political | align="right"|2,690 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Irish-Civil-Rights-Association" title="Irish Civil Rights Association">ICRA | align="right"|2,381 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/People-Movement" title="People Movement">People Movement | align="right"|1,996 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | Total number of votes: 29,189,104. All parties gaining more than 1,500 votes shown. See also MPs elected in the UK general election, 1974 (October).
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