February 1974 general election
England: February 1974 general election results
How England voted at the February 1974 general election: the Conservatives won 267 of 516 seats with 40.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 267 | −25 | 10,470,910 | 40.1% | −8.2 | |
| Labour | 237 | +21 | 9,837,437 | 37.6% | −5.6 | |
| Liberal | 9 | +7 | 5,575,028 | 21.3% | +13.4 | |
| Others | 3 | +2 | 253,651 | 1.0% | +0.5 |
Change compared with the 1970 general election in England.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon | Con | 13,743 | 18.5 | 83.0% | |
| Accrington | Lab | 5,032 | 11.9 | 83.9% | |
| Acton | Con | 1,451 | 3.4 | 75.7% | |
| Aldershot | Con | 10,658 | 16.5 | 81.2% | |
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Lab | 366 | 0.7 | 83.2% | |
| Altrincham and Sale | Con | 8,696 | 14.6 | 82.2% | |
| Arundel | Con | 19,943 | 30.2 | 79.6% | |
| Ashfield | Lab | 21,788 | 35.9 | 82.0% | |
| Ashford | Con | 8,459 | 17.9 | 81.5% | |
| Ashton under Lyne | Lab | 8,301 | 17.5 | 79.4% | |
| Aylesbury | Con | 11,183 | 20.4 | 91.2% | |
| Banbury | Con | 6,878 | 12.4 | 82.8% | |
| Barking | Lab | 14,834 | 39.0 | 76.6% | |
| Barkston Ash | Con | 13,197 | 19.0 | 83.5% | |
| Barnsley | Lab | 24,626 | 43.5 | 74.6% | |
| Barrow in Furness | Lab | 5,107 | 11.8 | 80.0% | |
| Basildon | Lab | 10,667 | 14.4 | 82.0% | |
| Basingstoke | Con | 7,797 | 10.9 | 83.2% | |
| Bassetlaw | Lab | 11,234 | 20.0 | 79.0% | |
| Bath | Con | 5,182 | 10.1 | 83.0% | |
| Batley and Morley | Lab | 7,091 | 14.7 | 78.4% | |
| Battersea North | Lab | 10,423 | 33.1 | 70.7% | |
| Battersea South | Lab | 1,653 | 4.9 | 73.0% | |
| Beaconsfield | Con | 11,248 | 21.4 | 77.3% | |
| Bebington and Ellesmere Port | Lab | 4,462 | 6.2 | 83.5% | |
| Beckenham | Con | 10,155 | 21.7 | 79.4% | |
| Bedford | Con | 6,221 | 10.1 | 83.5% | |
| Bedfordshire Mid | Con | 11,111 | 17.4 | 85.9% | |
| Bedfordshire South | Con | 4,758 | 8.8 | 84.5% | |
| Beeston | Con | 2,544 | 4.1 | 84.9% | |
| Belper | Lab | 2,034 | 3.4 | 83.8% | |
| Bermondsey | Lab | 18,721 | 51.7 | 65.9% | |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | Lib | 443 | 1.3 | 85.1% | |
| Bethnall Green and Bow | Lab | 14,954 | 45.9 | 61.0% | |
| Bexleyheath | Con | 3,866 | 9.0 | 84.6% | |
| Birkenhead | Lab | 6,994 | 15.3 | 76.5% | |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | 5,920 | 12.3 | 69.4% | |
| Birmingham Erdington | Lab | 6,928 | 14.7 | 72.3% | |
| Birmingham Hall Green | Con | 6,244 | 12.9 | 72.6% | |
| Birmingham Handsworth | Lab | 1,623 | 4.9 | 72.4% | |
| Birmingham Ladywood | Lab | 8,962 | 34.7 | 64.2% | |
| Birmingham Northfield | Lab | 8,529 | 15.1 | 73.5% | |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | Lab | 2,023 | 5.0 | 78.3% | |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | Con | 2,882 | 6.2 | 74.2% | |
| Birmingham Small Heath | Lab | 11,878 | 35.3 | 66.0% | |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | Lab | 7,405 | 22.8 | 65.8% | |
| Birmingham Stechford | Lab | 10,232 | 22.9 | 72.1% | |
| Birmingham Yardley | Lab | 1,947 | 4.2 | 78.7% | |
| Bishop Aukland | Lab | 7,875 | 14.0 | 78.4% | |
| Blaby | Con | 12,298 | 22.3 | 85.6% | |
| Blackburn | Lab | 6,300 | 15.0 | 78.2% | |
| Blackpool North | Con | 8,154 | 18.8 | 73.3% | |
| Blackpool South | Con | 8,091 | 18.4 | 76.6% | |
| Blaydon | Lab | 6,574 | 17.3 | 67.2% | |
| Blyth | Oth | 6,140 | 10.4 | 79.5% | |
| Bodmin | Lib | 9 | 0.0 | 83.3% | |
| Bolsover | Lab | 21,313 | 52.9 | 78.4% | |
| Bolton East | Lab | 1,613 | 3.4 | 80.6% | |
| Bolton West | Con | 603 | 1.5 | 81.1% | |
| Bootle | Lab | 14,935 | 32.1 | 73.3% | |
| Bosworth | Con | 1,687 | 2.4 | 86.0% | |
| Bournemouth East | Con | 9,314 | 21.0 | 78.6% | |
| Bournemouth West | Con | 10,818 | 23.4 | 76.1% | |
| Bradford North | Lab | 6,617 | 12.8 | 78.8% | |
| Bradford South | Lab | 7,653 | 13.2 | 79.7% | |
| Bradford West | Lab | 2,219 | 4.6 | 77.1% | |
| Braintree | Con | 2,001 | 3.7 | 84.3% | |
| Brent East | Lab | 7,622 | 17.9 | 68.0% | |
| Brent North | Con | 7,941 | 13.8 | 80.5% | |
| Brent South | Lab | 10,624 | 24.5 | 71.4% | |
| Brentford and Isleworth | Con | 726 | 1.3 | 79.0% | |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Con | 9,093 | 18.8 | 83.8% | |
| Bridgwater | Con | 8,044 | 14.1 | 82.3% | |
| Bridlington | Con | 10,996 | 21.9 | 76.9% | |
| Brigg and Scunthorpe | Lab | 3,074 | 4.4 | 78.4% | |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | Lab | 1,546 | 2.9 | 85.3% | |
| Brighton Kemptown | Con | 4,020 | 7.9 | 78.8% | |
| Brighton Pavilion | Con | 10,618 | 24.5 | 76.2% | |
| Bristol North East | Lab | 6,087 | 15.5 | 76.1% | |
| Bristol North West | Con | 650 | 1.2 | 82.6% | |
| Bristol South | Lab | 13,167 | 29.2 | 74.8% | |
| Bristol South East | Lab | 7,912 | 14.0 | 81.9% | |
| Bristol West | Con | 8,064 | 18.4 | 72.7% | |
| Bromsgrove and Redditch | Con | 3,589 | 4.9 | 84.3% | |
| Buckingham | Con | 3,123 | 4.7 | 85.3% | |
| Burnley | Lab | 9,840 | 23.5 | 79.7% | |
| Burton | Con | 3,303 | 6.2 | 79.5% | |
| Bury and Radcliffe | Con | 345 | 0.6 | 80.2% | |
| Bury St Edmunds | Con | 13,253 | 18.8 | 81.3% | |
| Cambridge | Con | 4,676 | 7.9 | 78.8% | |
| Cambridgeshire | Con | 13,812 | 19.9 | 82.8% | |
| Cannock | Lab | 11,064 | 23.9 | 82.7% | |
| Canterbury | Con | 17,041 | 25.0 | 80.2% | |
| Carlisle | Lab | 4,980 | 11.9 | 80.8% | |
| Carlton | Con | 7,158 | 11.9 | 84.5% | |
| Carshalton | Con | 5,690 | 10.4 | 82.9% | |
| Cheadle | Con | 6,224 | 11.2 | 85.4% | |
| Chelmsford | Con | 6,631 | 10.0 | 83.9% | |
| Chelsea | Con | 15,308 | 39.7 | 60.0% | |
| Cheltenham | Con | 5,912 | 11.7 | 81.4% | |
| Chertsey and Walton | Con | 11,963 | 21.8 | 82.0% | |
| Chesham and Amersham | Con | 10,416 | 19.5 | 85.0% | |
| Chester | Con | 6,768 | 12.2 | 80.3% | |
| Chester-le-Street | Lab | 18,726 | 33.1 | 83.5% | |
| Chesterfield | Lab | 15,396 | 27.2 | 80.1% | |
| Chichester | Con | 11,413 | 20.9 | 79.1% | |
| Chingford | Con | 5,683 | 12.3 | 81.8% | |
| Chippenham | Con | 3,092 | 5.6 | 82.6% | |
| Chipping Barnet | Con | 9,911 | 21.6 | 82.2% | |
| Chislehurst | Con | 5,493 | 12.3 | 84.4% | |
| Chorley | Lab | 405 | 0.6 | 83.7% | |
| Christchurch and Lymington | Con | 14,634 | 32.8 | 81.2% | |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Con | 10,201 | 15.5 | 82.7% | |
| City of London and Westminster South | Con | 8,247 | 25.9 | 61.4% | |
| Cleveland and Whitby | Con | 3,642 | 7.4 | 82.4% | |
| Clitheroe | Con | 8,528 | 19.8 | 83.7% | |
| Colchester | Con | 6,862 | 10.2 | 82.6% | |
| Colne Valley | Lib | 719 | 1.4 | 86.4% | |
| Consett | Lab | 18,343 | 40.9 | 76.5% | |
| Cornwall North | Lib | 8,729 | 19.7 | 86.3% | |
| Coventry North East | Lab | 15,427 | 32.3 | 75.5% | |
| Coventry North West | Lab | 6,658 | 17.0 | 79.8% | |
| Coventry South East | Lab | 10,751 | 28.2 | 75.5% | |
| Coventry South West | Lab | 513 | 0.9 | 84.1% | |
| Crewe | Lab | 5,123 | 11.2 | 77.8% | |
| Crosby | Con | 15,570 | 25.0 | 80.1% | |
| Croydon Central | Con | 1,314 | 2.5 | 79.7% | |
| Croydon North East | Con | 3,820 | 8.4 | 78.7% | |
| Croydon North West | Con | 3,071 | 7.2 | 77.4% | |
| Croydon South | Con | 15,867 | 32.4 | 82.3% | |
| Dagenham | Lab | 23,490 | 47.7 | 71.0% | |
| Darlington | Lab | 2,069 | 4.1 | 80.8% | |
| Dartford | Lab | 3,654 | 7.8 | 83.4% | |
| Darwen | Con | 9,310 | 16.4 | 81.1% | |
| Daventry | Con | 9,749 | 14.0 | 84.3% | |
| Dearne Valley | Lab | 26,854 | 53.2 | 80.5% | |
| Deptford | Lab | 11,629 | 27.7 | 69.1% | |
| Derby North | Lab | 1,293 | 2.0 | 79.1% | |
| Derby South | Lab | 7,143 | 12.7 | 76.2% | |
| Derbyshire North East | Lab | 7,282 | 14.0 | 78.4% | |
| Derbyshire South East | Con | 3,035 | 6.7 | 85.1% | |
| Derbyshire West | Con | 8,460 | 20.7 | 61.8% | |
| Devizes | Con | 9,898 | 15.8 | 81.3% | |
| Devon North | Lib | 11,072 | 17.5 | 86.5% | |
| Devon West | Con | 5,268 | 11.2 | 82.3% | |
| Dewsbury | Lab | 5,412 | 10.9 | 81.7% | |
| Don Valley | Lab | 27,945 | 40.2 | 79.1% | |
| Doncaster | Lab | 5,476 | 11.4 | 81.7% | |
| Dorking | Con | 10,313 | 21.4 | 82.6% | |
| Dorset North | Con | 6,883 | 11.5 | 84.4% | |
| Dorset South | Con | 8,615 | 15.0 | 82.2% | |
| Dorset West | Con | 7,451 | 16.9 | 83.1% | |
| Dover and Deal | Con | 4,850 | 7.7 | 84.7% | |
| Dudley East | Lab | 11,622 | 26.9 | 72.1% | |
| Dudley West | Lab | 4,669 | 7.8 | 80.3% | |
| Dulwich | Lab | 5,341 | 10.8 | 73.9% | |
| Durham | Lab | 15,203 | 25.4 | 80.8% | |
| Durham North West | Lab | 17,461 | 36.4 | 79.1% | |
| Ealing North | Lab | 2,448 | 4.1 | 80.9% | |
| Easington | Lab | 20,530 | 43.9 | 73.9% | |
| East Grinstead | Con | 8,577 | 19.1 | 81.5% | |
| Eastbourne | Con | 7,475 | 12.2 | 82.6% | |
| Eastleigh | Con | 10,110 | 15.8 | 85.3% | |
| Eccles | Lab | 7,786 | 17.1 | 80.1% | |
| Edmonton | Lab | 5,723 | 12.4 | 75.4% | |
| Enfield North | Lab | 3,416 | 6.4 | 78.8% | |
| Epping Forest | Con | 8,167 | 15.7 | 81.8% | |
| Epsom and Ewell | Con | 16,924 | 25.8 | 82.0% | |
| Erith and Crayford | Lab | 7,081 | 14.4 | 81.8% | |
| Esher | Con | 10,715 | 27.6 | 82.3% | |
| Essex South East | Con | 9,265 | 15.0 | 82.1% | |
| Eton and Slough | Lab | 6,891 | 13.5 | 80.6% | |
| Exeter | Con | 5,076 | 8.9 | 85.3% | |
| Eye | Con | 7,675 | 14.3 | 82.6% | |
| Falmouth and Camborne | Con | 4,264 | 7.9 | 80.9% | |
| Fareham | Con | 7,877 | 16.8 | 82.4% | |
| Farnham | Con | 6,462 | 12.6 | 83.0% | |
| Farnworth | Lab | 12,637 | 22.4 | 80.7% | |
| Faversham | Con | 5,407 | 8.7 | 82.6% | |
| Feltham and Heston | Lab | 8,055 | 13.3 | 77.4% | |
| Finchley | Con | 5,978 | 14.4 | 77.7% | |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Con | 8,510 | 17.1 | 77.3% | |
| Fulham | Lab | 3,549 | 7.8 | 78.5% | |
| Fylde North | Con | 19,658 | 36.8 | 72.1% | |
| Fylde South | Con | 25,379 | 36.2 | 77.9% | |
| Gainsborough | Con | 6,210 | 12.4 | 82.0% | |
| Gateshead East | Lab | 15,299 | 31.0 | 78.6% | |
| Gateshead West | Lab | 8,467 | 37.3 | 74.2% | |
| Gillingham | Con | 5,882 | 11.6 | 82.7% | |
| Gloucester | Con | 4,837 | 9.3 | 83.7% | |
| Gloucestershire South | Con | 6,459 | 9.8 | 83.9% | |
| Gloucestershire West | Lab | 1,624 | 2.9 | 83.9% | |
| Goole | Lab | 13,225 | 26.8 | 77.2% | |
| Gosport | Con | 7,228 | 18.4 | 81.4% | |
| Grantham | Con | 11,343 | 17.9 | 81.4% | |
| Gravesend | Lab | 1,582 | 2.2 | 83.7% | |
| Greenwich | Lab | 8,870 | 22.6 | 75.0% | |
| Grimsby | Lab | 5,671 | 11.3 | 76.7% | |
| Guildford | Con | 9,891 | 17.2 | 80.4% | |
| Hackney Central | Lab | 12,403 | 41.0 | 62.7% | |
| Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | 9,334 | 28.6 | 62.1% | |
| Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | 12,018 | 38.5 | 63.4% | |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge | Con | 4,049 | 6.1 | 81.4% | |
| Halifax | Lab | 3,003 | 5.9 | 81.3% | |
| Haltemprice | Con | 11,824 | 18.9 | 82.9% | |
| Hammersmith North | Lab | 7,041 | 18.4 | 73.7% | |
| Hampstead | Con | 2,257 | 5.0 | 70.7% | |
| Harborough | Con | 12,473 | 22.7 | 84.4% | |
| Harlow | Lab | 12,534 | 24.1 | 83.9% | |
| Harrogate | Con | 11,789 | 22.9 | 80.0% | |
| Harrow Central | Con | 2,917 | 8.1 | 80.6% | |
| Harrow East | Con | 4,493 | 11.2 | 82.4% | |
| Harrow West | Con | 11,869 | 25.6 | 82.8% | |
| Hartlepool | Lab | 4,288 | 8.6 | 76.9% | |
| Harwich | Con | 12,463 | 17.5 | 80.7% | |
| Hastings | Con | 7,083 | 15.8 | 79.1% | |
| Havant and Waterloo | Con | 9,188 | 15.4 | 80.0% | |
| Hayes and Harlington | Lab | 10,048 | 23.9 | 75.8% | |
| Hazel Grove | Lib | 1,998 | 3.4 | 86.9% | |
| Hemel Hempstead | Con | 187 | 0.3 | 85.2% | |
| Hemsworth | Lab | 34,941 | 65.6 | 77.1% | |
| Hendon North | Con | 2,612 | 6.4 | 80.9% | |
| Hendon South | Con | 6,597 | 16.5 | 77.9% | |
| Henley | Con | 8,900 | 17.7 | 81.3% | |
| Hereford | Con | 3,438 | 7.6 | 78.9% | |
| Hertford and Stevenage | Lab | 8,176 | 12.0 | 83.6% | |
| Hertfordshire East | Con | 11,358 | 15.9 | 81.0% | |
| Hertfordshire South | Con | 3,086 | 5.9 | 82.2% | |
| Hertfordshire South West | Con | 8,098 | 12.9 | 83.8% | |
| Hexham | Con | 7,930 | 15.0 | 82.2% | |
| Heywood and Royton | Lab | 7,162 | 11.3 | 82.6% | |
| High Peak | Con | 2,275 | 4.7 | 85.4% | |
| Hitchin | Con | 4,018 | 6.5 | 85.6% | |
| Holborn and St Pancras South | Lab | 4,191 | 16.6 | 64.8% | |
| Holland With Boston | Con | 12,381 | 19.3 | 80.5% | |
| Honiton | Con | 14,123 | 23.7 | 82.0% | |
| Horncastle | Con | 6,789 | 17.4 | 79.3% | |
| Hornchurch | Lab | 6,196 | 12.8 | 80.7% | |
| Hornsey | Con | 2,208 | 5.0 | 76.0% | |
| Horsham and Crawley | Con | 6,774 | 9.0 | 83.5% | |
| Houghton-le-Spring | Lab | 23,963 | 53.8 | 75.1% | |
| Hove | Con | 11,509 | 20.5 | 77.4% | |
| Howden | Con | 6,211 | 13.9 | 78.6% | |
| Huddersfield East | Lab | 7,304 | 17.1 | 80.5% | |
| Huddersfield West | Lab | 630 | 1.4 | 82.9% | |
| Hull Central | Lab | 7,619 | 16.5 | 73.5% | |
| Hull East | Lab | 23,593 | 40.0 | 73.1% | |
| Hull West | Lab | 7,931 | 18.9 | 73.6% | |
| Huntingdonshire | Con | 10,002 | 15.4 | 82.4% | |
| Huyton | Lab | 15,305 | 27.3 | 77.2% | |
| Ilford North | Con | 285 | 0.6 | 79.6% | |
| Ilford South | Lab | 1,143 | 2.7 | 76.9% | |
| Ilkeston | Lab | 14,180 | 23.4 | 81.4% | |
| Ince | Lab | 22,759 | 40.0 | 74.4% | |
| Ipswich | Con | 259 | 0.4 | 83.6% | |
| Isle of Ely | Lib | 8,347 | 14.8 | 83.1% | |
| Isle of Wight | Lib | 7,766 | 11.2 | 81.4% | |
| Islington Central | Lab | 8,691 | 29.8 | 64.6% | |
| Islington North | Lab | 6,628 | 25.5 | 63.1% | |
| Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | 8,591 | 31.0 | 66.1% | |
| Jarrow | Lab | 13,892 | 33.4 | 76.7% | |
| Keighley | Lab | 878 | 2.0 | 86.8% | |
| Kensington | Con | 5,132 | 12.8 | 65.8% | |
| Kettering | Lab | 9,787 | 14.2 | 81.1% | |
| Kidderminster | Con | 8,685 | 13.6 | 81.2% | |
| Kingston upon Thames | Con | 10,307 | 21.8 | 80.5% | |
| Kingswood | Lab | 1,641 | 3.4 | 86.7% | |
| Knutsford | Con | 11,090 | 24.6 | 82.3% | |
| Lambeth Central | Lab | 7,369 | 24.4 | 62.3% | |
| Lancaster | Con | 2,469 | 6.1 | 82.5% | |
| Leeds East | Lab | 10,514 | 20.8 | 75.3% | |
| Leeds North East | Con | 7,260 | 16.7 | 74.4% | |
| Leeds North West | Con | 6,671 | 13.6 | 76.2% | |
| Leeds South | Lab | 11,860 | 30.7 | 73.9% | |
| Leeds South East | Lab | 9,454 | 28.2 | 67.8% | |
| Leeds West | Lab | 3,985 | 8.6 | 77.0% | |
| Leek | Con | 5,732 | 8.3 | 83.1% | |
| Leicester East | Lab | 1,413 | 2.9 | 77.8% | |
| Leicester South | Con | 1,766 | 3.2 | 76.4% | |
| Leicester West | Lab | 8,652 | 17.9 | 75.5% | |
| Leigh | Lab | 13,647 | 26.5 | 80.0% | |
| Leominster | Con | 1,619 | 4.6 | 80.1% | |
| Lewes | Con | 14,257 | 24.8 | 80.3% | |
| Lewisham East | Lab | 6,306 | 11.8 | 77.5% | |
| Lewisham West | Lab | 2,402 | 4.9 | 78.9% | |
| Leyton | Lab | 9,937 | 21.4 | 72.7% | |
| Lichfield and Tamworth | Con | 1,807 | 2.5 | 82.8% | |
| Lincoln | Oth | 1,293 | 3.1 | 79.1% | |
| Liverpool Edge Hill | Lab | 5,750 | 21.2 | 66.6% | |
| Liverpool Garston | Lab | 681 | 1.1 | 74.8% | |
| Liverpool Kirkdale | Lab | 6,525 | 20.9 | 69.5% | |
| Liverpool Scotland Exchange | Lab | 12,332 | 60.6 | 58.5% | |
| Liverpool Toxteth | Lab | 5,557 | 18.5 | 66.0% | |
| Liverpool Walton | Lab | 8,216 | 22.0 | 72.7% | |
| Liverpool Wavertree | Con | 5,275 | 11.9 | 74.8% | |
| Liverpool West Derby | Lab | 9,973 | 24.0 | 71.4% | |
| Loughborough | Lab | 697 | 1.2 | 84.3% | |
| Louth | Con | 9,718 | 17.4 | 79.7% | |
| Lowestoft | Con | 3,604 | 5.6 | 83.8% | |
| Ludlow | Con | 7,987 | 20.8 | 79.5% | |
| Luton East | Lab | 1,425 | 3.3 | 80.5% | |
| Luton West | Lab | 5,042 | 10.6 | 82.8% | |
| Macclesfield | Con | 14,286 | 21.4 | 84.2% | |
| Maidstone | Con | 7,656 | 10.8 | 81.3% | |
| Maldon | Con | 7,222 | 14.4 | 82.2% | |
| Manchester Ardwick | Lab | 4,895 | 15.3 | 67.1% | |
| Manchester Blackley | Lab | 5,506 | 13.3 | 76.2% | |
| Manchester Central | Lab | 10,004 | 41.0 | 61.8% | |
| Manchester Gorton | Lab | 8,976 | 20.6 | 78.3% | |
| Manchester Moss Side | Lab | 2,392 | 6.8 | 69.1% | |
| Manchester Openshaw | Lab | 7,457 | 24.2 | 73.0% | |
| Manchester Withington | Con | 4,413 | 10.4 | 73.6% | |
| Manchester Wythenshawe | Lab | 12,438 | 25.8 | 75.0% | |
| Mansfield | Lab | 16,142 | 30.3 | 77.4% | |
| Melton | Con | 12,749 | 18.8 | 83.5% | |
| Meriden | Lab | 4,485 | 5.9 | 79.5% | |
| Middlesbrough | Lab | 13,409 | 32.5 | 69.4% | |
| Middleton and Prestwick | Lab | 517 | 0.9 | 80.5% | |
| Mitcham and Morden | Lab | 3,225 | 6.3 | 79.0% | |
| Morecambe and Lonsdale | Con | 14,756 | 27.6 | 78.6% | |
| Morpeth | Lab | 13,034 | 33.4 | 81.2% | |
| Nantwich | Con | 5,168 | 10.5 | 81.5% | |
| Nelson and Colne | Con | 177 | 0.4 | 84.2% | |
| New Forest | Con | 11,382 | 18.2 | 80.7% | |
| Newark | Lab | 4,497 | 7.7 | 83.0% | |
| Newbury | Con | 1,201 | 2.1 | 80.8% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | 8,002 | 48.9 | 65.4% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab | 6,092 | 17.5 | 76.9% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | Con | 2,980 | 10.1 | 73.4% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne West | Lab | 11,396 | 20.3 | 73.8% | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | 5,648 | 9.3 | 84.1% | |
| Newham North East | Lab | 13,331 | 30.0 | 68.0% | |
| Newham North West | Lab | 12,548 | 39.8 | 59.3% | |
| Newham South | Lab | 18,583 | 51.3 | 63.2% | |
| Newton | Lab | 14,770 | 19.0 | 82.5% | |
| Norfolk North | Con | 14,290 | 19.1 | 83.4% | |
| Norfolk North West | Con | 803 | 1.2 | 83.1% | |
| Norfolk South | Con | 11,019 | 14.8 | 82.8% | |
| Norfolk South West | Con | 6,043 | 13.7 | 82.9% | |
| Normanton | Lab | 15,174 | 34.4 | 75.4% | |
| Northampton North | Lab | 1,033 | 2.6 | 82.5% | |
| Northampton South | Con | 179 | 0.5 | 80.8% | |
| Northwich | Con | 6,293 | 14.4 | 83.7% | |
| Norwich North | Lab | 7,294 | 20.7 | 78.8% | |
| Norwich South | Lab | 652 | 1.8 | 84.0% | |
| Norwood | Lab | 4,022 | 10.7 | 71.3% | |
| Nottingham East | Lab | 3,978 | 10.8 | 69.1% | |
| Nottingham North | Lab | 4,445 | 7.8 | 74.9% | |
| Nottingham West | Lab | 5,797 | 9.6 | 78.8% | |
| Nuneaton | Lab | 17,493 | 27.5 | 82.4% | |
| Oldham East | Lab | 6,302 | 16.4 | 76.4% | |
| Oldham West | Lab | 6,305 | 17.0 | 77.8% | |
| Ormskirk | Lab | 7,803 | 10.6 | 77.3% | |
| Orpington | Con | 3,664 | 6.6 | 86.1% | |
| Oswestry | Con | 7,010 | 16.1 | 77.9% | |
| Oxford | Con | 821 | 1.4 | 78.6% | |
| Oxfordshire Mid | Con | 7,973 | 16.3 | 82.7% | |
| Paddington | Lab | 872 | 2.2 | 68.9% | |
| Peckham | Lab | 18,071 | 44.5 | 64.6% | |
| Penistone | Lab | 13,713 | 24.5 | 84.1% | |
| Penrith and the Border | Con | 17,338 | 39.4 | 79.8% | |
| Peterborough | Con | 22 | 0.0 | 82.3% | |
| Petersfield | Con | 9,580 | 16.1 | 81.1% | |
| Plymouth Devonport | Lab | 437 | 1.2 | 75.3% | |
| Plymouth Drake | Con | 2,611 | 6.1 | 78.0% | |
| Plymouth Sutton | Con | 8,104 | 16.9 | 79.1% | |
| Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | 23,804 | 51.7 | 77.1% | |
| Poole | Con | 10,068 | 14.9 | 81.9% | |
| Portsmouth North | Lab | 320 | 0.6 | 79.9% | |
| Portsmouth South | Con | 10,982 | 20.6 | 75.9% | |
| Preston North | Lab | 255 | 0.6 | 79.5% | |
| Preston South | Lab | 1,887 | 4.6 | 79.8% | |
| Pudsey | Con | 3,739 | 6.8 | 84.9% | |
| Putney | Lab | 1,439 | 2.7 | 79.6% | |
| Ravensbourne | Con | 8,897 | 22.4 | 82.5% | |
| Reading North | Con | 2,369 | 4.7 | 79.3% | |
| Reading South | Con | 5,359 | 9.7 | 81.0% | |
| Redcar | Lab | 9,254 | 19.6 | 76.7% | |
| Reigate | Con | 14,060 | 23.4 | 83.3% | |
| Richmond (Yorks) | Con | 15,267 | 32.9 | — | |
| Richmond upon Thames | Con | 3,827 | 8.7 | 82.6% | |
| Ripon | Con | 4,335 | 10.2 | 85.4% | |
| Rochdale | Lib | 8,899 | 17.3 | 77.4% | |
| Rochester and Chatham | Con | 843 | 1.3 | 79.3% | |
| Romford | Con | 3,073 | 7.0 | 79.9% | |
| Rossendale | Con | 797 | 1.9 | 83.5% | |
| Rother Valley | Lab | 33,474 | 46.8 | 78.6% | |
| Rotherham | Lab | 16,734 | 37.1 | 74.3% | |
| Rugby | Lab | 6,154 | 12.1 | 86.2% | |
| Ruislip Northwood | Con | 11,421 | 25.8 | 82.6% | |
| Runcorn | Con | 7,268 | 12.6 | 83.0% | |
| Rushcliffe | Con | 17,709 | 33.0 | 84.6% | |
| Rutland and Stamford | Con | 8,885 | 19.9 | 82.4% | |
| Rye | Con | 16,135 | 27.8 | 80.8% | |
| Saffron Walden | Con | 7,545 | 14.6 | 83.4% | |
| Salford East | Lab | 6,931 | 26.2 | 66.4% | |
| Salford West | Lab | 6,462 | 19.7 | 72.0% | |
| Salisbury | Con | 6,217 | 12.5 | 80.0% | |
| Scarborough | Con | 5,107 | 11.1 | 78.9% | |
| Sevenoaks | Con | 13,713 | 22.2 | 83.4% | |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Lab | 21,176 | 44.6 | 74.9% | |
| Sheffield Brightside | Lab | 20,567 | 51.4 | 74.5% | |
| Sheffield Hallam | Con | 12,913 | 21.8 | 77.2% | |
| Sheffield Heeley | Lab | 6,585 | 12.4 | 82.0% | |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Lab | 11,280 | 28.4 | 76.8% | |
| Sheffield Park | Lab | 22,677 | 47.1 | 71.9% | |
| Shipley | Con | 4,155 | 9.2 | 87.4% | |
| Shoreham | Con | 9,758 | 17.7 | 80.8% | |
| Shrewsbury | Con | 6,181 | 13.0 | 79.8% | |
| Sidcup | Con | 9,698 | 23.3 | 84.9% | |
| Skipton | Con | 2,116 | 4.8 | 85.6% | |
| Solihull | Con | 17,363 | 27.0 | 81.3% | |
| Somerset North | Con | 12,155 | 16.2 | 85.1% | |
| South Shields | Lab | 11,986 | 23.3 | 71.6% | |
| Southall | Lab | 8,812 | 17.1 | 73.4% | |
| Southampton Itchen | Lab | 5,590 | 8.9 | 77.2% | |
| Southampton Test | Con | 1,403 | 2.4 | 79.2% | |
| Southend East | Con | 4,952 | 11.2 | 77.8% | |
| Southend West | Con | 5,155 | 9.6 | 80.2% | |
| Southgate | Con | 14,454 | 26.7 | 77.0% | |
| Southport | Con | 3,882 | 7.7 | 77.4% | |
| Sowerby | Lab | 115 | 0.3 | 83.0% | |
| Spelthorne | Con | 8,059 | 14.3 | 82.1% | |
| St Albans | Con | 8,421 | 14.4 | 84.6% | |
| St Helens | Lab | 21,716 | 39.3 | 73.2% | |
| St Ives | Con | 5,425 | 13.4 | 79.4% | |
| St Marylebone | Con | 8,717 | 30.4 | 66.1% | |
| St Pancras North | Lab | 6,835 | 24.4 | 67.5% | |
| Stafford and Stone | Con | 8,983 | 14.0 | 82.3% | |
| Staffordshire South West | Con | 9,758 | 20.0 | 80.7% | |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | 8,068 | 15.3 | 79.9% | |
| Stepney and Poplar | Lab | 23,330 | 65.4 | 59.4% | |
| Stockport North | Lab | 203 | 0.5 | 82.1% | |
| Stockport South | Lab | 3,098 | 8.3 | 79.3% | |
| Stockton | Lab | 12,371 | 19.3 | 76.0% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | 11,748 | 27.6 | 70.2% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | 12,459 | 28.4 | 74.0% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | 15,669 | 28.1 | 77.4% | |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Con | 13,221 | 22.7 | 81.6% | |
| Streatham | Con | 4,475 | 11.0 | 72.8% | |
| Stretford | Con | 3,989 | 7.2 | 82.0% | |
| Stroud | Con | 8,471 | 14.4 | 85.4% | |
| Sudbury and Woodbridge | Con | 13,701 | 20.0 | 81.9% | |
| Sunderland North | Lab | 11,400 | 20.6 | 74.0% | |
| Sunderland South | Lab | 8,596 | 15.1 | 75.2% | |
| Surbiton | Con | 6,500 | 17.3 | 82.3% | |
| Surrey East | Con | 8,019 | 17.4 | 83.6% | |
| Surrey North West | Con | 14,949 | 27.3 | 80.3% | |
| Sussex Mid | Con | 12,155 | 24.1 | 83.3% | |
| Sutton and Cheam | Con | 1,719 | 3.5 | 82.6% | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 13,426 | 27.2 | 82.3% | |
| Swindon | Lab | 8,709 | 17.3 | 80.9% | |
| Taunton | Con | 8,440 | 16.0 | 83.9% | |
| Thanet East | Con | 6,597 | 17.2 | 80.5% | |
| Thanet West | Con | 7,660 | 22.5 | 78.1% | |
| The Wrekin | Lab | 6,521 | 9.8 | 80.8% | |
| Thirsk and Malton | Con | 14,408 | 27.9 | 81.5% | |
| Thornaby | Lab | 1,718 | 3.5 | 79.6% | |
| Thurrock | Lab | 18,518 | 26.7 | 78.4% | |
| Tiverton | Con | 5,541 | 9.7 | 82.4% | |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Con | 10,108 | 18.7 | 83.4% | |
| Tooting | Lab | 6,108 | 15.7 | 72.8% | |
| Torbay | Con | 12,408 | 18.2 | 80.3% | |
| Totnes | Con | 9,643 | 14.8 | 81.3% | |
| Tottenham | Lab | 9,126 | 29.4 | 65.6% | |
| Truro | Con | 2,561 | 4.4 | 81.5% | |
| Tunbridge Wells | Con | 11,028 | 20.0 | 80.4% | |
| Twickenham | Con | 11,503 | 19.3 | 83.1% | |
| Tynemouth | Con | 6,387 | 10.5 | 80.0% | |
| Upminster | Con | 1,008 | 1.9 | 82.6% | |
| Uxbridge | Con | 2,415 | 5.0 | 82.5% | |
| Vauxhall | Lab | 8,641 | 30.0 | 62.2% | |
| Wakefield | Lab | 11,418 | 21.7 | 79.9% | |
| Wallasey | Con | 2,492 | 4.5 | 79.4% | |
| Wallsend | Lab | 17,247 | 25.6 | 75.5% | |
| Walsall North | Lab | 14,704 | 28.8 | 72.1% | |
| Walsall South | Lab | 1,580 | 3.4 | 78.3% | |
| Walthamstow | Lab | 8,734 | 22.5 | 74.9% | |
| Wanstead and Woodfod | Con | 11,901 | 26.7 | 77.0% | |
| Warley East | Lab | 7,571 | 18.0 | 73.6% | |
| Warley West | Lab | 14,624 | 33.9 | 71.0% | |
| Warrington | Lab | 11,106 | 32.5 | 73.9% | |
| Warwick and Leamington | Con | 11,293 | 17.8 | 81.6% | |
| Watford | Lab | 2,795 | 6.0 | 84.0% | |
| Wellingborough | Con | 2,270 | 3.2 | 85.0% | |
| Wells | Con | 7,785 | 13.6 | 83.3% | |
| Welwyn and Hatfield | Con | 1,415 | 2.5 | 85.3% | |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 5,209 | 12.6 | 71.9% | |
| West Bromwich West | Lab | 13,431 | 33.7 | 67.5% | |
| Westbury | Con | 8,419 | 13.8 | 83.5% | |
| Westhoughton | Lab | 12,665 | 21.3 | 83.2% | |
| Westmorland | Con | 6,534 | 14.9 | 79.3% | |
| Weston Super Mare | Con | 13,601 | 20.1 | 80.1% | |
| Whitehaven | Lab | 7,362 | 18.8 | 77.5% | |
| Widnes | Lab | 16,499 | 30.1 | 73.7% | |
| Wigan | Lab | 18,202 | 42.6 | 75.8% | |
| Wimbledon | Con | 12,213 | 22.4 | 77.8% | |
| Winchester | Con | 10,504 | 15.7 | 81.5% | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Con | 14,995 | 23.6 | 80.4% | |
| Wirral | Oth | 15,847 | 21.1 | 81.5% | |
| Woking | Con | 7,583 | 13.9 | 80.9% | |
| Wokingham | Con | 10,432 | 17.3 | 82.8% | |
| Wolverhampton North East | Lab | 12,617 | 26.0 | 70.5% | |
| Wolverhampton South East | Lab | 10,905 | 27.5 | 72.2% | |
| Wolverhampton South West | Con | 6,901 | 13.7 | 79.6% | |
| Wood Green | Lab | 7,644 | 20.8 | 71.1% | |
| Woolwich East | Lab | 11,977 | 31.9 | 74.4% | |
| Woolwich West | Lab | 2,436 | 5.3 | 81.9% | |
| Worcester | Con | 7,467 | 12.4 | 81.0% | |
| Worcestershire South | Con | 7,165 | 12.0 | 81.8% | |
| Workington | Lab | 7,770 | 19.3 | 76.4% | |
| Worthing | Con | 18,930 | 33.5 | 78.4% | |
| Wycombe | Con | 10,699 | 16.8 | 81.7% | |
| Yarmouth | Con | 4,937 | 8.7 | 81.2% | |
| Yeovil | Con | 7,490 | 12.0 | 83.9% | |
| York | Lab | 831 | 1.3 | 82.8% |
Questions and answers
Who won in England at the February 1974 general election?
The Conservatives won 267 of the 516 seats in England, with 40.1% of the vote.
How many seats were there in England in February 1974?
516 constituencies.
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