Thursday 28 February 1974

February 1974 UK general election results

Labour won 301 of 635 seats with 37.2% of the vote, 17 short of a majority: a hung parliament. Afterwards: Hung parliament: minority Labour government, with Harold Wilson as prime minister.

318 for a majority

Lab301
Con296
Lib14
SNP7
UUP7
Oth3
VUPP3
PC2
Smaller parties2

Results by party
Party	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	Harold Wilson	301	+14	11,641,143	37.2%	−5.8	623
Conservative	Edward Heath	296	−34	11,834,346	37.8%	−8.6	622
Liberal	Jeremy Thorpe	14	+8	6,059,550	19.3%	+11.9	517
Scottish National Party	—	7	+6	632,572	2.0%	+0.9	70
Ulster Unionist Party	—	7	new	232,103	0.7%	—	7
Others	—	3	−3	352,602	1.1%	−0.4	197
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party	—	3	new	75,944	0.2%	—	3
Plaid Cymru	—	2	+2	171,364	0.6%	−0.1	36
Social Democratic and Labour Party	—	1	new	160,437	0.5%	—	12
Democratic Unionist Party	—	1	new	58,656	0.2%	—	2
2 other parties and independents				116,961	0.4%

Change is compared with the 1970 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.

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Carmarthen Lab by 3 votes
Bodmin Lib by 9 votes
Peterborough Con by 22 votes
Sowerby Lab by 115 votes
Nelson and Colne Con by 177 votes
Northampton South Con by 179 votes
Hemel Hempstead Con by 187 votes
Stockport North Lab by 203 votes
Preston North Lab by 255 votes
Ipswich Con by 259 votes

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Constituency	Region	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aberavon	Wales	Lab	20,688	42.6	75.6%
Aberdare	Wales	Lab	11,832	29.6	83.3%
Aberdeen North	Scotland	Lab	11,856	24.4	75.6%
Aberdeen South	Scotland	Con	3,558	6.4	82.2%
Aberdeenshire East	Scotland	SNP	5,699	15.8	76.6%
Aberdeenshire West	Scotland	Con	1,640	3.7	81.1%
Abertillery	Wales	Lab	16,949	59.4	78.7%
Abingdon	South East	Con	13,743	18.5	83.0%
Accrington	North West	Lab	5,032	11.9	83.9%
Acton	London	Con	1,451	3.4	75.7%
Aldershot	South East	Con	10,658	16.5	81.2%
Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	Lab	366	0.7	83.2%
Altrincham and Sale	North West	Con	8,696	14.6	82.2%
Anglesey	Wales	Lab	5,754	16.4	80.2%
Angus North and Mearns	Scotland	Con	7,451	25.5	78.6%
Angus South	Scotland	Con	5,343	12.9	79.8%
Antrim North	Northern Ireland	DUP	27,631	42.5	63.1%
Antrim South	Northern Ireland	UUP	35,644	50.0	61.1%
Argyll	Scotland	SNP	3,288	10.3	77.3%
Armagh	Northern Ireland	UUP	15,104	24.5	68.4%
Arundel	South East	Con	19,943	30.2	79.6%
Ashfield	East Midlands	Lab	21,788	35.9	82.0%
Ashford	South East	Con	8,459	17.9	81.5%
Ashton under Lyne	North West	Lab	8,301	17.5	79.4%
Aylesbury	South East	Con	11,183	20.4	91.2%
Ayr	Scotland	Con	5,098	11.9	83.1%
Ayrshire Central	Scotland	Lab	6,277	13.0	82.1%
Ayrshire North and Bute	Scotland	Con	6,730	17.9	77.0%
Ayrshire South	Scotland	Lab	12,450	30.9	79.5%
Banbury	South East	Con	6,878	12.4	82.8%
Banffshire	Scotland	SNP	2,785	11.6	75.7%
Barking	London	Lab	14,834	39.0	76.6%
Barkston Ash	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	13,197	19.0	83.5%
Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	24,626	43.5	74.6%
Barrow in Furness	North West	Lab	5,107	11.8	80.0%
Barry	Wales	Con	5,547	9.7	82.3%
Basildon	East of England	Lab	10,667	14.4	82.0%
Basingstoke	South East	Con	7,797	10.9	83.2%
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Lab	11,234	20.0	79.0%
Bath	South West	Con	5,182	10.1	83.0%
Batley and Morley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,091	14.7	78.4%
Battersea North	London	Lab	10,423	33.1	70.7%
Battersea South	London	Lab	1,653	4.9	73.0%
Beaconsfield	South East	Con	11,248	21.4	77.3%
Bebington and Ellesmere Port	North West	Lab	4,462	6.2	83.5%
Beckenham	London	Con	10,155	21.7	79.4%
Bedford	East of England	Con	6,221	10.1	83.5%
Bedfordshire Mid	East of England	Con	11,111	17.4	85.9%
Bedfordshire South	East of England	Con	4,758	8.8	84.5%
Bedwellty	Wales	Lab	21,637	54.4	79.9%
Beeston	East Midlands	Con	2,544	4.1	84.9%
Belfast East	Northern Ireland	VUPP	7,740	13.5	73.0%
Belfast North	Northern Ireland	UUP	8,776	17.8	69.2%
Belfast South	Northern Ireland	VUPP	3,998	7.7	69.6%
Belfast West	Northern Ireland	SDLP	2,180	4.6	72.6%
Belper	East Midlands	Lab	2,034	3.4	83.8%
Bermondsey	London	Lab	18,721	51.7	65.9%
Berwick and East Lothian	Scotland	Con	540	1.1	85.8%
Berwick-upon-Tweed	North East	Lib	443	1.3	85.1%
Bethnall Green and Bow	London	Lab	14,954	45.9	61.0%
Bexleyheath	London	Con	3,866	9.0	84.6%
Birkenhead	North West	Lab	6,994	15.3	76.5%
Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	Con	5,920	12.3	69.4%
Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	Lab	6,928	14.7	72.3%
Birmingham Hall Green	West Midlands	Con	6,244	12.9	72.6%
Birmingham Handsworth	West Midlands	Lab	1,623	4.9	72.4%
Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	Lab	8,962	34.7	64.2%
Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	Lab	8,529	15.1	73.5%
Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	Lab	2,023	5.0	78.3%
Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	Con	2,882	6.2	74.2%
Birmingham Small Heath	West Midlands	Lab	11,878	35.3	66.0%
Birmingham Sparkbrook	West Midlands	Lab	7,405	22.8	65.8%
Birmingham Stechford	West Midlands	Lab	10,232	22.9	72.1%
Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	Lab	1,947	4.2	78.7%
Bishop Aukland	North East	Lab	7,875	14.0	78.4%
Blaby	East Midlands	Con	12,298	22.3	85.6%
Blackburn	North West	Lab	6,300	15.0	78.2%
Blackpool North	North West	Con	8,154	18.8	73.3%
Blackpool South	North West	Con	8,091	18.4	76.6%
Blaydon	North East	Lab	6,574	17.3	67.2%
Blyth	North East	Oth	6,140	10.4	79.5%
Bodmin	South West	Lib	9	0.0	83.3%
Bolsover	East Midlands	Lab	21,313	52.9	78.4%
Bolton East	North West	Lab	1,613	3.4	80.6%
Bolton West	North West	Con	603	1.5	81.1%
Bootle	North West	Lab	14,935	32.1	73.3%
Bosworth	East Midlands	Con	1,687	2.4	86.0%
Bothwell	Scotland	Lab	9,601	20.1	81.2%
Bournemouth East	South East	Con	9,314	21.0	78.6%
Bournemouth West	South East	Con	10,818	23.4	76.1%
Bradford North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,617	12.8	78.8%
Bradford South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,653	13.2	79.7%
Bradford West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,219	4.6	77.1%
Braintree	East of England	Con	2,001	3.7	84.3%
Brecon and Radnor	Wales	Lab	2,277	5.1	83.4%
Brent East	London	Lab	7,622	17.9	68.0%
Brent North	London	Con	7,941	13.8	80.5%
Brent South	London	Lab	10,624	24.5	71.4%
Brentford and Isleworth	London	Con	726	1.3	79.0%
Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	Con	9,093	18.8	83.8%
Bridgwater	South West	Con	8,044	14.1	82.3%
Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	10,996	21.9	76.9%
Brigg and Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,074	4.4	78.4%
Brighouse and Spenborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,546	2.9	85.3%
Brighton Kemptown	South East	Con	4,020	7.9	78.8%
Brighton Pavilion	South East	Con	10,618	24.5	76.2%
Bristol North East	South West	Lab	6,087	15.5	76.1%
Bristol North West	South West	Con	650	1.2	82.6%
Bristol South	South West	Lab	13,167	29.2	74.8%
Bristol South East	South West	Lab	7,912	14.0	81.9%
Bristol West	South West	Con	8,064	18.4	72.7%
Bromsgrove and Redditch	West Midlands	Con	3,589	4.9	84.3%
Buckingham	South East	Con	3,123	4.7	85.3%
Burnley	North West	Lab	9,840	23.5	79.7%
Burton	West Midlands	Con	3,303	6.2	79.5%
Bury and Radcliffe	North West	Con	345	0.6	80.2%
Bury St Edmunds	East of England	Con	13,253	18.8	81.3%
Caernarvon	Wales	PC	1,728	5.0	82.4%
Caerphilly	Wales	Lab	12,882	29.7	77.5%
Caithness and Sutherland	Scotland	Lab	2,352	9.9	83.0%
Cambridge	East of England	Con	4,676	7.9	78.8%
Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	13,812	19.9	82.8%
Cannock	West Midlands	Lab	11,064	23.9	82.7%
Canterbury	South East	Con	17,041	25.0	80.2%
Cardiff North	Wales	Con	3,853	11.3	78.6%
Cardiff North West	Wales	Con	6,013	16.9	82.1%
Cardiff South East	Wales	Lab	7,146	17.0	74.3%
Cardiff West	Wales	Lab	3,346	8.8	73.6%
Cardigan	Wales	Lib	2,476	6.9	83.7%
Carlisle	North West	Lab	4,980	11.9	80.8%
Carlton	East Midlands	Con	7,158	11.9	84.5%
Carmarthen	Wales	Lab	3	0.0	83.5%
Carshalton	London	Con	5,690	10.4	82.9%
Cheadle	North West	Con	6,224	11.2	85.4%
Chelmsford	East of England	Con	6,631	10.0	83.9%
Chelsea	London	Con	15,308	39.7	60.0%
Cheltenham	South West	Con	5,912	11.7	81.4%
Chertsey and Walton	South East	Con	11,963	21.8	82.0%
Chesham and Amersham	South East	Con	10,416	19.5	85.0%
Chester	North West	Con	6,768	12.2	80.3%
Chester-le-Street	North East	Lab	18,726	33.1	83.5%
Chesterfield	East Midlands	Lab	15,396	27.2	80.1%
Chichester	South East	Con	11,413	20.9	79.1%
Chingford	London	Con	5,683	12.3	81.8%
Chippenham	South West	Con	3,092	5.6	82.6%
Chipping Barnet	London	Con	9,911	21.6	82.2%
Chislehurst	London	Con	5,493	12.3	84.4%
Chorley	North West	Lab	405	0.6	83.7%
Christchurch and Lymington	South West	Con	14,634	32.8	81.2%
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	South West	Con	10,201	15.5	82.7%
City of London and Westminster South	London	Con	8,247	25.9	61.4%
Clackmannan and Stirlingshire East	Scotland	SNP	3,610	7.0	—
Cleveland and Whitby	North East	Con	3,642	7.4	82.4%
Clitheroe	North West	Con	8,528	19.8	83.7%
Coatbridge and Airdrie	Scotland	Lab	11,783	25.6	77.8%
Colchester	East of England	Con	6,862	10.2	82.6%
Colne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lib	719	1.4	86.4%
Consett	North East	Lab	18,343	40.9	76.5%
Conway	Wales	Con	4,549	10.9	81.2%
Cornwall North	South West	Lib	8,729	19.7	86.3%
Coventry North East	West Midlands	Lab	15,427	32.3	75.5%
Coventry North West	West Midlands	Lab	6,658	17.0	79.8%
Coventry South East	West Midlands	Lab	10,751	28.2	75.5%
Coventry South West	West Midlands	Lab	513	0.9	84.1%
Crewe	North West	Lab	5,123	11.2	77.8%
Crosby	North West	Con	15,570	25.0	80.1%
Croydon Central	London	Con	1,314	2.5	79.7%
Croydon North East	London	Con	3,820	8.4	78.7%
Croydon North West	London	Con	3,071	7.2	77.4%
Croydon South	London	Con	15,867	32.4	82.3%
Dagenham	London	Lab	23,490	47.7	71.0%
Darlington	North East	Lab	2,069	4.1	80.8%
Dartford	South East	Lab	3,654	7.8	83.4%
Darwen	North West	Con	9,310	16.4	81.1%
Daventry	East Midlands	Con	9,749	14.0	84.3%
Dearne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	26,854	53.2	80.5%
Denbigh	Wales	Con	6,015	11.9	80.6%
Deptford	London	Lab	11,629	27.7	69.1%
Derby North	East Midlands	Lab	1,293	2.0	79.1%
Derby South	East Midlands	Lab	7,143	12.7	76.2%
Derbyshire North East	East Midlands	Lab	7,282	14.0	78.4%
Derbyshire South East	East Midlands	Con	3,035	6.7	85.1%
Derbyshire West	East Midlands	Con	8,460	20.7	61.8%
Devizes	South West	Con	9,898	15.8	81.3%
Devon North	South West	Lib	11,072	17.5	86.5%
Devon West	South West	Con	5,268	11.2	82.3%
Dewsbury	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,412	10.9	81.7%
Don Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	27,945	40.2	79.1%
Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,476	11.4	81.7%
Dorking	South East	Con	10,313	21.4	82.6%
Dorset North	South West	Con	6,883	11.5	84.4%
Dorset South	South West	Con	8,615	15.0	82.2%
Dorset West	South West	Con	7,451	16.9	83.1%
Dover and Deal	South East	Con	4,850	7.7	84.7%
Down North	Northern Ireland	UUP	16,226	26.0	67.3%
Down South	Northern Ireland	UUP	5,602	9.4	65.8%
Dudley East	West Midlands	Lab	11,622	26.9	72.1%
Dudley West	West Midlands	Lab	4,669	7.8	80.3%
Dulwich	London	Lab	5,341	10.8	73.9%
Dumfries	Scotland	Con	8,968	18.2	80.4%
Dunbartonshire Central	Scotland	Lab	6,664	16.4	83.0%
Dunbartonshire East	Scotland	Con	3,676	7.1	85.0%
Dunbartonshire West	Scotland	Lab	2,609	6.4	79.6%
Dundee East	Scotland	SNP	2,966	5.8	81.1%
Dundee West	Scotland	Lab	6,448	12.5	81.3%
Dunfermline	Scotland	Lab	4,410	9.0	81.1%
Durham	North East	Lab	15,203	25.4	80.8%
Durham North West	North East	Lab	17,461	36.4	79.1%
Ealing North	London	Lab	2,448	4.1	80.9%
Easington	North East	Lab	20,530	43.9	73.9%
East Grinstead	South East	Con	8,577	19.1	81.5%
East Kilbride	Scotland	Lab	7,968	14.9	80.8%
Eastbourne	South East	Con	7,475	12.2	82.6%
Eastleigh	South East	Con	10,110	15.8	85.3%
Ebbw Vale	Wales	Lab	15,664	52.7	79.6%
Eccles	North West	Lab	7,786	17.1	80.1%
Edinburgh Central	Scotland	Lab	961	3.2	73.6%
Edinburgh East	Scotland	Lab	5,549	12.0	81.1%
Edinburgh Leith	Scotland	Lab	721	2.3	79.3%
Edinburgh North	Scotland	Con	7,013	19.6	76.4%
Edinburgh Pentlands	Scotland	Con	4,602	10.4	80.9%
Edinburgh South	Scotland	Con	6,381	14.2	80.8%
Edinburgh West	Scotland	Con	8,477	19.8	82.2%
Edmonton	London	Lab	5,723	12.4	75.4%
Enfield North	London	Lab	3,416	6.4	78.8%
Epping Forest	East of England	Con	8,167	15.7	81.8%
Epsom and Ewell	South East	Con	16,924	25.8	82.0%
Erith and Crayford	London	Lab	7,081	14.4	81.8%
Esher	South East	Con	10,715	27.6	82.3%
Essex South East	East of England	Con	9,265	15.0	82.1%
Eton and Slough	South East	Lab	6,891	13.5	80.6%
Exeter	South West	Con	5,076	8.9	85.3%
Eye	East of England	Con	7,675	14.3	82.6%
Falmouth and Camborne	South West	Con	4,264	7.9	80.9%
Fareham	South East	Con	7,877	16.8	82.4%
Farnham	South East	Con	6,462	12.6	83.0%
Farnworth	North West	Lab	12,637	22.4	80.7%
Faversham	South East	Con	5,407	8.7	82.6%
Feltham and Heston	London	Lab	8,055	13.3	77.4%
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Northern Ireland	UUP	10,629	17.2	87.3%
Fife Central	Scotland	Lab	14,094	30.7	79.2%
Fife East	Scotland	Con	12,579	28.5	78.8%
Finchley	London	Con	5,978	14.4	77.7%
Flint East	Wales	Lab	8,852	15.2	84.9%
Flint West	Wales	Con	7,142	13.7	81.5%
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Con	8,510	17.1	77.3%
Fulham	London	Lab	3,549	7.8	78.5%
Fylde North	North West	Con	19,658	36.8	72.1%
Fylde South	North West	Con	25,379	36.2	77.9%
Gainsborough	East Midlands	Con	6,210	12.4	82.0%
Galloway	Scotland	Con	4,008	13.2	77.7%
Gateshead East	North East	Lab	15,299	31.0	78.6%
Gateshead West	North East	Lab	8,467	37.3	74.2%
Gillingham	South East	Con	5,882	11.6	82.7%
Glasgow Cathcart	Scotland	Con	2,095	5.3	80.7%
Glasgow Central	Scotland	Lab	5,965	37.2	63.0%
Glasgow Craigton	Scotland	Lab	7,238	20.6	80.0%
Glasgow Garscadden	Scotland	Lab	11,264	28.0	74.1%
Glasgow Govan	Scotland	Lab	543	2.3	74.9%
Glasgow Hillhead	Scotland	Con	6,381	19.5	78.7%
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Scotland	Lab	2,398	8.1	69.4%
Glasgow Maryhill	Scotland	Lab	11,383	31.8	70.0%
Glasgow Pollok	Scotland	Lab	3,406	7.5	77.5%
Glasgow Provan	Scotland	Lab	15,787	42.0	69.0%
Glasgow Queen'S Park	Scotland	Lab	8,366	29.6	73.3%
Glasgow Shettleston	Scotland	Lab	7,736	29.2	69.5%
Glasgow Springburn	Scotland	Lab	10,395	30.9	70.5%
Gloucester	South West	Con	4,837	9.3	83.7%
Gloucestershire South	South West	Con	6,459	9.8	83.9%
Gloucestershire West	South West	Lab	1,624	2.9	83.9%
Goole	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,225	26.8	77.2%
Gosport	South East	Con	7,228	18.4	81.4%
Gower	Wales	Lab	15,076	33.4	79.9%
Grantham	East Midlands	Con	11,343	17.9	81.4%
Gravesend	South East	Lab	1,582	2.2	83.7%
Greenock and Port Glasgow	Scotland	Lab	11,776	27.6	68.6%
Greenwich	London	Lab	8,870	22.6	75.0%
Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,671	11.3	76.7%
Guildford	South East	Con	9,891	17.2	80.4%
Hackney Central	London	Lab	12,403	41.0	62.7%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	Lab	9,334	28.6	62.1%
Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	Lab	12,018	38.5	63.4%
Halesowen and Stourbridge	West Midlands	Con	4,049	6.1	81.4%
Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,003	5.9	81.3%
Haltemprice	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,824	18.9	82.9%
Hamilton	Scotland	Lab	6,378	16.1	79.7%
Hammersmith North	London	Lab	7,041	18.4	73.7%
Hampstead	London	Con	2,257	5.0	70.7%
Harborough	East Midlands	Con	12,473	22.7	84.4%
Harlow	East of England	Lab	12,534	24.1	83.9%
Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,789	22.9	80.0%
Harrow Central	London	Con	2,917	8.1	80.6%
Harrow East	London	Con	4,493	11.2	82.4%
Harrow West	London	Con	11,869	25.6	82.8%
Hartlepool	North East	Lab	4,288	8.6	76.9%
Harwich	East of England	Con	12,463	17.5	80.7%
Hastings	South East	Con	7,083	15.8	79.1%
Havant and Waterloo	South East	Con	9,188	15.4	80.0%
Hayes and Harlington	London	Lab	10,048	23.9	75.8%
Hazel Grove	North West	Lib	1,998	3.4	86.9%
Hemel Hempstead	East of England	Con	187	0.3	85.2%
Hemsworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	34,941	65.6	77.1%
Hendon North	London	Con	2,612	6.4	80.9%
Hendon South	London	Con	6,597	16.5	77.9%
Henley	South East	Con	8,900	17.7	81.3%
Hereford	West Midlands	Con	3,438	7.6	78.9%
Hertford and Stevenage	East of England	Lab	8,176	12.0	83.6%
Hertfordshire East	East of England	Con	11,358	15.9	81.0%
Hertfordshire South	East of England	Con	3,086	5.9	82.2%
Hertfordshire South West	East of England	Con	8,098	12.9	83.8%
Hexham	North East	Con	7,930	15.0	82.2%
Heywood and Royton	North West	Lab	7,162	11.3	82.6%
High Peak	East Midlands	Con	2,275	4.7	85.4%
Hitchin	East of England	Con	4,018	6.5	85.6%
Holborn and St Pancras South	London	Lab	4,191	16.6	64.8%
Holland With Boston	East Midlands	Con	12,381	19.3	80.5%
Honiton	South West	Con	14,123	23.7	82.0%
Horncastle	East Midlands	Con	6,789	17.4	79.3%
Hornchurch	London	Lab	6,196	12.8	80.7%
Hornsey	London	Con	2,208	5.0	76.0%
Horsham and Crawley	South East	Con	6,774	9.0	83.5%
Houghton-le-Spring	North East	Lab	23,963	53.8	75.1%
Hove	South East	Con	11,509	20.5	77.4%
Howden	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	6,211	13.9	78.6%
Huddersfield East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,304	17.1	80.5%
Huddersfield West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	630	1.4	82.9%
Hull Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,619	16.5	73.5%
Hull East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	23,593	40.0	73.1%
Hull West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,931	18.9	73.6%
Huntingdonshire	East of England	Con	10,002	15.4	82.4%
Huyton	North West	Lab	15,305	27.3	77.2%
Ilford North	London	Con	285	0.6	79.6%
Ilford South	London	Lab	1,143	2.7	76.9%
Ilkeston	East Midlands	Lab	14,180	23.4	81.4%
Ince	North West	Lab	22,759	40.0	74.4%
Inverness	Scotland	Lib	5,223	12.0	76.1%
Ipswich	East of England	Con	259	0.4	83.6%
Isle of Ely	East of England	Lib	8,347	14.8	83.1%
Isle of Wight	South East	Lib	7,766	11.2	81.4%
Islington Central	London	Lab	8,691	29.8	64.6%
Islington North	London	Lab	6,628	25.5	63.1%
Islington South and Finsbury	London	Lab	8,591	31.0	66.1%
Jarrow	North East	Lab	13,892	33.4	76.7%
Keighley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	878	2.0	86.8%
Kensington	London	Con	5,132	12.8	65.8%
Kettering	East Midlands	Lab	9,787	14.2	81.1%
Kidderminster	West Midlands	Con	8,685	13.6	81.2%
Kilmarnock	Scotland	Lab	9,727	19.5	83.3%
Kingston upon Thames	London	Con	10,307	21.8	80.5%
Kingswood	South West	Lab	1,641	3.4	86.7%
Kinross and West Perthshire	Scotland	Con	8,082	29.8	77.5%
Kirkaldy	Scotland	Lab	9,382	19.6	79.4%
Knutsford	North West	Con	11,090	24.6	82.3%
Lambeth Central	London	Lab	7,369	24.4	62.3%
Lanark	Scotland	Lab	2,100	5.2	84.0%
Lanarkshire North	Scotland	Lab	6,784	15.3	82.7%
Lancaster	North West	Con	2,469	6.1	82.5%
Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,514	20.8	75.3%
Leeds North East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	7,260	16.7	74.4%
Leeds North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	6,671	13.6	76.2%
Leeds South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,860	30.7	73.9%
Leeds South East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,454	28.2	67.8%
Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,985	8.6	77.0%
Leek	West Midlands	Con	5,732	8.3	83.1%
Leicester East	East Midlands	Lab	1,413	2.9	77.8%
Leicester South	East Midlands	Con	1,766	3.2	76.4%
Leicester West	East Midlands	Lab	8,652	17.9	75.5%
Leigh	North West	Lab	13,647	26.5	80.0%
Leominster	West Midlands	Con	1,619	4.6	80.1%
Lewes	South East	Con	14,257	24.8	80.3%
Lewisham East	London	Lab	6,306	11.8	77.5%
Lewisham West	London	Lab	2,402	4.9	78.9%
Leyton	London	Lab	9,937	21.4	72.7%
Lichfield and Tamworth	West Midlands	Con	1,807	2.5	82.8%
Lincoln	East Midlands	Oth	1,293	3.1	79.1%
Liverpool Edge Hill	North West	Lab	5,750	21.2	66.6%
Liverpool Garston	North West	Lab	681	1.1	74.8%
Liverpool Kirkdale	North West	Lab	6,525	20.9	69.5%
Liverpool Scotland Exchange	North West	Lab	12,332	60.6	58.5%
Liverpool Toxteth	North West	Lab	5,557	18.5	66.0%
Liverpool Walton	North West	Lab	8,216	22.0	72.7%
Liverpool Wavertree	North West	Con	5,275	11.9	74.8%
Liverpool West Derby	North West	Lab	9,973	24.0	71.4%
Llanelli	Wales	Lab	21,445	42.8	78.2%
Londonderry	Northern Ireland	UUP	9,390	15.0	68.1%
Loughborough	East Midlands	Lab	697	1.2	84.3%
Louth	East Midlands	Con	9,718	17.4	79.7%
Lowestoft	East of England	Con	3,604	5.6	83.8%
Ludlow	West Midlands	Con	7,987	20.8	79.5%
Luton East	East of England	Lab	1,425	3.3	80.5%
Luton West	East of England	Lab	5,042	10.6	82.8%
Macclesfield	North West	Con	14,286	21.4	84.2%
Maidstone	South East	Con	7,656	10.8	81.3%
Maldon	East of England	Con	7,222	14.4	82.2%
Manchester Ardwick	North West	Lab	4,895	15.3	67.1%
Manchester Blackley	North West	Lab	5,506	13.3	76.2%
Manchester Central	North West	Lab	10,004	41.0	61.8%
Manchester Gorton	North West	Lab	8,976	20.6	78.3%
Manchester Moss Side	North West	Lab	2,392	6.8	69.1%
Manchester Openshaw	North West	Lab	7,457	24.2	73.0%
Manchester Withington	North West	Con	4,413	10.4	73.6%
Manchester Wythenshawe	North West	Lab	12,438	25.8	75.0%
Mansfield	East Midlands	Lab	16,142	30.3	77.4%
Melton	East Midlands	Con	12,749	18.8	83.5%
Meriden	West Midlands	Lab	4,485	5.9	79.5%
Merioneth	Wales	PC	588	2.6	85.3%
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Lab	13,150	41.1	81.1%
Mid-Ulster	Northern Ireland	VUPP	6,672	10.0	82.4%
Middlesbrough	North East	Lab	13,409	32.5	69.4%
Middleton and Prestwick	North West	Lab	517	0.9	80.5%
Midlothian	Scotland	Lab	11,742	16.3	81.6%
Mitcham and Morden	London	Lab	3,225	6.3	79.0%
Monmouth	Wales	Con	4,562	7.3	84.1%
Montgomeryshire	Wales	Lib	4,651	16.9	82.6%
Moray and Nairn	Scotland	SNP	1,817	5.6	78.7%
Morecambe and Lonsdale	North West	Con	14,756	27.6	78.6%
Morpeth	North East	Lab	13,034	33.4	81.2%
Motherwell and Wishaw	Scotland	Lab	6,313	16.1	77.1%
Nantwich	North West	Con	5,168	10.5	81.5%
Neath	Wales	Lab	16,593	40.7	78.5%
Nelson and Colne	North West	Con	177	0.4	84.2%
New Forest	South East	Con	11,382	18.2	80.7%
Newark	East Midlands	Lab	4,497	7.7	83.0%
Newbury	South East	Con	1,201	2.1	80.8%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	North East	Lab	8,002	48.9	65.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne East	North East	Lab	6,092	17.5	76.9%
Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	Con	2,980	10.1	73.4%
Newcastle upon Tyne West	North East	Lab	11,396	20.3	73.8%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	Lab	5,648	9.3	84.1%
Newham North East	London	Lab	13,331	30.0	68.0%
Newham North West	London	Lab	12,548	39.8	59.3%
Newham South	London	Lab	18,583	51.3	63.2%
Newport	Wales	Lab	11,382	18.9	81.0%
Newton	North West	Lab	14,770	19.0	82.5%
Norfolk North	East of England	Con	14,290	19.1	83.4%
Norfolk North West	East of England	Con	803	1.2	83.1%
Norfolk South	East of England	Con	11,019	14.8	82.8%
Norfolk South West	East of England	Con	6,043	13.7	82.9%
Normanton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,174	34.4	75.4%
Northampton North	East Midlands	Lab	1,033	2.6	82.5%
Northampton South	East Midlands	Con	179	0.5	80.8%
Northwich	North West	Con	6,293	14.4	83.7%
Norwich North	East of England	Lab	7,294	20.7	78.8%
Norwich South	East of England	Lab	652	1.8	84.0%
Norwood	London	Lab	4,022	10.7	71.3%
Nottingham East	East Midlands	Lab	3,978	10.8	69.1%
Nottingham North	East Midlands	Lab	4,445	7.8	74.9%
Nottingham West	East Midlands	Lab	5,797	9.6	78.8%
Nuneaton	West Midlands	Lab	17,493	27.5	82.4%
Ogmore	Wales	Lab	17,553	32.7	79.8%
Oldham East	North West	Lab	6,302	16.4	76.4%
Oldham West	North West	Lab	6,305	17.0	77.8%
Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	Lib	7,305	39.4	71.1%
Ormskirk	North West	Lab	7,803	10.6	77.3%
Orpington	London	Con	3,664	6.6	86.1%
Oswestry	West Midlands	Con	7,010	16.1	77.9%
Oxford	South East	Con	821	1.4	78.6%
Oxfordshire Mid	South East	Con	7,973	16.3	82.7%
Paddington	London	Lab	872	2.2	68.9%
Paisley	Scotland	Lab	8,897	18.1	75.2%
Peckham	London	Lab	18,071	44.5	64.6%
Pembroke	Wales	Con	1,479	2.5	81.4%
Penistone	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,713	24.5	84.1%
Penrith and the Border	North West	Con	17,338	39.4	79.8%
Perth and East Perthshire	Scotland	Con	8,975	20.0	78.3%
Peterborough	East of England	Con	22	0.0	82.3%
Petersfield	South East	Con	9,580	16.1	81.1%
Plymouth Devonport	South West	Lab	437	1.2	75.3%
Plymouth Drake	South West	Con	2,611	6.1	78.0%
Plymouth Sutton	South West	Con	8,104	16.9	79.1%
Pontefract and Castleford	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	23,804	51.7	77.1%
Pontypool	Wales	Lab	17,465	41.5	77.0%
Pontypridd	Wales	Lab	16,622	30.8	77.4%
Poole	South West	Con	10,068	14.9	81.9%
Portsmouth North	South East	Lab	320	0.6	79.9%
Portsmouth South	South East	Con	10,982	20.6	75.9%
Preston North	North West	Lab	255	0.6	79.5%
Preston South	North West	Lab	1,887	4.6	79.8%
Pudsey	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	3,739	6.8	84.9%
Putney	London	Lab	1,439	2.7	79.6%
Ravensbourne	London	Con	8,897	22.4	82.5%
Reading North	South East	Con	2,369	4.7	79.3%
Reading South	South East	Con	5,359	9.7	81.0%
Redcar	North East	Lab	9,254	19.6	76.7%
Reigate	South East	Con	14,060	23.4	83.3%
Renfrewshire East	Scotland	Con	15,486	30.5	80.7%
Renfrewshire West	Scotland	Lab	2,668	4.8	82.9%
Rhondda	Wales	Lab	30,141	57.8	80.0%
Richmond (Yorks)	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,267	32.9	—
Richmond upon Thames	London	Con	3,827	8.7	82.6%
Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	4,335	10.2	85.4%
Rochdale	North West	Lib	8,899	17.3	77.4%
Rochester and Chatham	South East	Con	843	1.3	79.3%
Romford	London	Con	3,073	7.0	79.9%
Ross and Cromarty	Scotland	Con	2,871	13.1	75.2%
Rossendale	North West	Con	797	1.9	83.5%
Rother Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	33,474	46.8	78.6%
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	16,734	37.1	74.3%
Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles	Scotland	Lib	9,017	18.2	86.0%
Rugby	West Midlands	Lab	6,154	12.1	86.2%
Ruislip Northwood	London	Con	11,421	25.8	82.6%
Runcorn	North West	Con	7,268	12.6	83.0%
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Con	17,709	33.0	84.6%
Rutherglen	Scotland	Lab	4,153	10.4	82.4%
Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	Con	8,885	19.9	82.4%
Rye	South East	Con	16,135	27.8	80.8%
Saffron Walden	East of England	Con	7,545	14.6	83.4%
Salford East	North West	Lab	6,931	26.2	66.4%
Salford West	North West	Lab	6,462	19.7	72.0%
Salisbury	South West	Con	6,217	12.5	80.0%
Scarborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,107	11.1	78.9%
Sevenoaks	South East	Con	13,713	22.2	83.4%
Sheffield Attercliffe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	21,176	44.6	74.9%
Sheffield Brightside	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	20,567	51.4	74.5%
Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	12,913	21.8	77.2%
Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,585	12.4	82.0%
Sheffield Hillsborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,280	28.4	76.8%
Sheffield Park	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	22,677	47.1	71.9%
Shipley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	4,155	9.2	87.4%
Shoreham	South East	Con	9,758	17.7	80.8%
Shrewsbury	West Midlands	Con	6,181	13.0	79.8%
Sidcup	London	Con	9,698	23.3	84.9%
Skipton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	2,116	4.8	85.6%
Solihull	West Midlands	Con	17,363	27.0	81.3%
Somerset North	South West	Con	12,155	16.2	85.1%
South Shields	North East	Lab	11,986	23.3	71.6%
Southall	London	Lab	8,812	17.1	73.4%
Southampton Itchen	South East	Lab	5,590	8.9	77.2%
Southampton Test	South East	Con	1,403	2.4	79.2%
Southend East	East of England	Con	4,952	11.2	77.8%
Southend West	East of England	Con	5,155	9.6	80.2%
Southgate	London	Con	14,454	26.7	77.0%
Southport	North West	Con	3,882	7.7	77.4%
Sowerby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	115	0.3	83.0%
Spelthorne	South East	Con	8,059	14.3	82.1%
St Albans	East of England	Con	8,421	14.4	84.6%
St Helens	North West	Lab	21,716	39.3	73.2%
St Ives	South West	Con	5,425	13.4	79.4%
St Marylebone	London	Con	8,717	30.4	66.1%
St Pancras North	London	Lab	6,835	24.4	67.5%
Stafford and Stone	West Midlands	Con	8,983	14.0	82.3%
Staffordshire South West	West Midlands	Con	9,758	20.0	80.7%
Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	Lab	8,068	15.3	79.9%
Stepney and Poplar	London	Lab	23,330	65.4	59.4%
Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth	Scotland	Lab	3,849	7.4	80.8%
Stirlingshire West	Scotland	Lab	4,844	11.2	82.8%
Stockport North	North West	Lab	203	0.5	82.1%
Stockport South	North West	Lab	3,098	8.3	79.3%
Stockton	North East	Lab	12,371	19.3	76.0%
Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	Lab	11,748	27.6	70.2%
Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	Lab	12,459	28.4	74.0%
Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	Lab	15,669	28.1	77.4%
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	Con	13,221	22.7	81.6%
Streatham	London	Con	4,475	11.0	72.8%
Stretford	North West	Con	3,989	7.2	82.0%
Stroud	South West	Con	8,471	14.4	85.4%
Sudbury and Woodbridge	East of England	Con	13,701	20.0	81.9%
Sunderland North	North East	Lab	11,400	20.6	74.0%
Sunderland South	North East	Lab	8,596	15.1	75.2%
Surbiton	London	Con	6,500	17.3	82.3%
Surrey East	South East	Con	8,019	17.4	83.6%
Surrey North West	South East	Con	14,949	27.3	80.3%
Sussex Mid	South East	Con	12,155	24.1	83.3%
Sutton and Cheam	London	Con	1,719	3.5	82.6%
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Con	13,426	27.2	82.3%
Swansea East	Wales	Lab	19,687	45.8	73.8%
Swansea West	Wales	Lab	3,338	6.5	78.8%
Swindon	South West	Lab	8,709	17.3	80.9%
Taunton	South West	Con	8,440	16.0	83.9%
Thanet East	South East	Con	6,597	17.2	80.5%
Thanet West	South East	Con	7,660	22.5	78.1%
The Wrekin	West Midlands	Lab	6,521	9.8	80.8%
Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,408	27.9	81.5%
Thornaby	North East	Lab	1,718	3.5	79.6%
Thurrock	East of England	Lab	18,518	26.7	78.4%
Tiverton	South West	Con	5,541	9.7	82.4%
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	Con	10,108	18.7	83.4%
Tooting	London	Lab	6,108	15.7	72.8%
Torbay	South West	Con	12,408	18.2	80.3%
Totnes	South West	Con	9,643	14.8	81.3%
Tottenham	London	Lab	9,126	29.4	65.6%
Truro	South West	Con	2,561	4.4	81.5%
Tunbridge Wells	South East	Con	11,028	20.0	80.4%
Twickenham	London	Con	11,503	19.3	83.1%
Tynemouth	North East	Con	6,387	10.5	80.0%
Upminster	London	Con	1,008	1.9	82.6%
Uxbridge	London	Con	2,415	5.0	82.5%
Vauxhall	London	Lab	8,641	30.0	62.2%
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,418	21.7	79.9%
Wallasey	North West	Con	2,492	4.5	79.4%
Wallsend	North East	Lab	17,247	25.6	75.5%
Walsall North	West Midlands	Lab	14,704	28.8	72.1%
Walsall South	West Midlands	Lab	1,580	3.4	78.3%
Walthamstow	London	Lab	8,734	22.5	74.9%
Wanstead and Woodfod	London	Con	11,901	26.7	77.0%
Warley East	West Midlands	Lab	7,571	18.0	73.6%
Warley West	West Midlands	Lab	14,624	33.9	71.0%
Warrington	North West	Lab	11,106	32.5	73.9%
Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	Con	11,293	17.8	81.6%
Watford	East of England	Lab	2,795	6.0	84.0%
Wellingborough	East Midlands	Con	2,270	3.2	85.0%
Wells	South West	Con	7,785	13.6	83.3%
Welwyn and Hatfield	East of England	Con	1,415	2.5	85.3%
West Bromwich East	West Midlands	Lab	5,209	12.6	71.9%
West Bromwich West	West Midlands	Lab	13,431	33.7	67.5%
West Lothian	Scotland	Lab	6,422	10.4	80.6%
Westbury	South West	Con	8,419	13.8	83.5%
Western Isles	Scotland	SNP	7,200	47.9	66.3%
Westhoughton	North West	Lab	12,665	21.3	83.2%
Westmorland	North West	Con	6,534	14.9	79.3%
Weston Super Mare	South West	Con	13,601	20.1	80.1%
Whitehaven	North West	Lab	7,362	18.8	77.5%
Widnes	North West	Lab	16,499	30.1	73.7%
Wigan	North West	Lab	18,202	42.6	75.8%
Wimbledon	London	Con	12,213	22.4	77.8%
Winchester	South East	Con	10,504	15.7	81.5%
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	Con	14,995	23.6	80.4%
Wirral	North West	Oth	15,847	21.1	81.5%
Woking	South East	Con	7,583	13.9	80.9%
Wokingham	South East	Con	10,432	17.3	82.8%
Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	Lab	12,617	26.0	70.5%
Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	Lab	10,905	27.5	72.2%
Wolverhampton South West	West Midlands	Con	6,901	13.7	79.6%
Wood Green	London	Lab	7,644	20.8	71.1%
Woolwich East	London	Lab	11,977	31.9	74.4%
Woolwich West	London	Lab	2,436	5.3	81.9%
Worcester	West Midlands	Con	7,467	12.4	81.0%
Worcestershire South	West Midlands	Con	7,165	12.0	81.8%
Workington	North West	Lab	7,770	19.3	76.4%
Worthing	South East	Con	18,930	33.5	78.4%
Wrexham	Wales	Lab	13,083	22.3	77.6%
Wycombe	South East	Con	10,699	16.8	81.7%
Yarmouth	East of England	Con	4,937	8.7	81.2%
Yeovil	South West	Con	7,490	12.0	83.9%
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	831	1.3	82.8%

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647

Questions and answers

Who won the February 1974 general election?

Labour won 301 of 635 seats with 37.2% of the vote, 17 short of a majority: a hung parliament. Harold Wilson became (or remained) prime minister: Hung parliament: minority Labour government.

How many seats did each party win in February 1974?

Labour 301; Conservative 296; Liberal 14; Scottish National Party 7; Ulster Unionist Party 7; Others 3 (out of 635 seats; 318 were needed for a majority).

Who won the most votes in February 1974?

The Conservatives won the most votes: 11,834,346 (37.8% of the 31,335,678 votes counted). Labour still won more seats.

What was the turnout at the February 1974 general election?

Turnout was 78.8% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).

What was the closest result in February 1974?

Carmarthen, where Labour won by 3 votes.

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