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February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout78.86%, Increase4.95%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965
Last election 44 seats, 44.5% 23 seats, 38.0%
Seats won 40 21
Seat change Decrease4 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,057,601 950,668
Percentage 36.6% 32.9%
Swing Decrease7.9% Decrease5.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Liberal
Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe
Party SNP Liberal
Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967
Last election 1 seat, 11.4% 3 seats, 5.5%
Seats won 7 3
Seat change Increase6 Steady
Popular vote 633,180 229,162
Percentage 21.9% 7.9%
Swing Increase10.5% Increase2.4%

Results of the Feb. 1974 election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 28 February 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]

MPs

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

Results

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Party Seats Seats
change
Votes % %
change
Labour 40 Decrease 4 1,057,601 36.6 Decrease 7.9
Conservative 21 Decrease 2 950,668 32.9 Decrease 5.1
SNP 7 Increase 6 633,180 21.9 Increase 10.5
Liberal 3 Steady 229,162 7.9 Increase 2.4
Other 0 Steady 16,464 0.6 Decrease 0.1
Turnout: 2,887,075 78.86

Votes summary

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Popular vote
Labour
36.6%
Conservative
32.9%
SNP
21.9%
Liberal
8.3%
Other
0.6%
Parliament seats
Labour
56.3%
Conservative
29.6%
SNP
9.9%
Liberal
4.22%

References

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  1. ^ "Commons results report" (PDF).