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October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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October 1974 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout74.81%, Decrease4.05%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965
Last election 40 seats, 36.6% 21 seats, 32.9%
Seats won 41 16
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5
Popular vote 1,000,581 681,327
Percentage 36.3% 24.7%
Swing Decrease0.3% Decrease8.2%

  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Liberal
Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe
Party SNP Liberal
Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967
Last election 7 seats, 21.9% 3 seats, 7.9%
Seats won 11 3
Seat change Increase4 Steady
Popular vote 839,617 228,855
Percentage 30.4% 8.3%
Swing Increase8.5% Increase0.4%

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]

MPs

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

Results

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Party Seats Seats
change
Votes % %
change
Labour 41 Increase 1 1,000,581 36.3 Decrease 0.3
Conservative 16 Decrease 5 681,327 24.7 Decrease 8.2
SNP 11 Increase 4 839,617 30.4 Increase 8.5
Liberal 3 Steady 228,855 8.3 Increase 0.4
Other 0 Steady 7,721 0.28 Decrease 0.4
Turnout: 2,758,101 74.81

Votes summary

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Popular vote
Labour
36.3%
SNP
30.4%
Conservative
24.7%
Liberal
8.3%
Other
0.28%
Parliament seats
Labour
57.7%
Conservative
22.5%
SNP
15.4%
Liberal
4.22%

References

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