October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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October 1974 United Kingdom general election
Flag of Scotland.svg
  Feb. 1974 10 October 1974 1979  

All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout74.81%, Decrease2.svg4.05%
 First partySecond party
  Harold Wilson 1975.jpg Heathdod (cropped).JPG
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965
Last election40 seats, 36.6%21 seats, 32.9%
Seats won4116
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote1,000,581681,327
Percentage36.3%24.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.3%Decrease2.svg8.2%

 Third partyFourth party
 
SNP
Liberal
Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe
Party SNP Liberal
Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967
Last election7 seats, 21.9%3 seats, 7.9%
Seats won113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote839,617228,855
Percentage30.4%8.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.5%Increase2.svg0.4%

United Kingdom general election 1974 Oct in Scotland.svg
Results of the Oct. 1974 election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 10 October 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. [1]

Contents

MPs

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)

Results

PartySeatsSeats
change
Votes % %
change
Labour 41Increase2.svg 11,000,58136.3Decrease2.svg 0.3
Conservative 16Decrease2.svg 5681,32724.7Decrease2.svg 8.2
SNP 11Increase2.svg 4839,61730.4Increase2.svg 8.5
Liberal 3Steady2.svg228,8558.3Increase2.svg 0.4
Other0Steady2.svg7,7210.28Decrease2.svg 0.4
Turnout: 2,758,101 74.81

Votes summary

Popular vote
Labour
36.28%
SNP
30.44%
Conservative
24.70%
Liberal
8.30%
Other
0.28%
Parliament seats
Labour
57.75%
Conservative
22.54%
SNP
15.49%
Liberal
4.23%

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References

  1. "Commons results report" (PDF).