Home General Elections 28 February 1974

UK Polling History: Election of 28 February 1974

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Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal United
Ulster
Unionist
Council
SNP Other Plaid
Cymru
DUP SDLP Alliance
(NI)
Unionist
(Pro-Assembly)
Total seats 301 296 14 10 7 3 2 1 1
Total votes 11,641,143 11,834,346 6,059,550 308,047 632,572 352,602 171,364 58,656 160,437 22,660 94,301
Seats gained +14 -24 +1 +5 -3 +2
Votes gained -508,006 -760,465 +2,437,994 +246,689 -208,538 -9,935
Share of votes 37.1% 37.8% 19.3% 1.0% 2.0% 1.1% 0.5% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
Share of eligible voters 29.3% 29.8% 15.2% 0.8% 1.6% 0.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2%
Gain in share of votes -5.5% -8.1% +11.3% +0.8% -0.3% -0.2%
Gain in share of eligible voters -1.5% -3.4% +9.5% +0.7% -0.1% -0.1%
Total votes: 31,335,678
Electorate: 39,754,691
Turnout: 78.8%
Swing: 9.7% Liberal from Conservative