Wales: October 1974 general election results
How Wales voted at the October 1974 general election: Labour won 23 of 36 seats with 49.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 23 | −1 | 761,447 | 49.5% | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative | 8 | 0 | 367,248 | 23.9% | −2.0 | ||
| Plaid Cymru | 3 | +1 | 166,311 | 10.8% | +0.1 | ||
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 239,057 | 15.5% | −0.5 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 3,785 | 0.3% | |||||
Change compared with the February 1974 general election in Wales.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberavon | Lab | 21,752 | 46.0 | 73.1% | Lab hold |
| Aberdare | Lab | 16,064 | 42.0 | 79.1% | Lab hold |
| Abertillery | Lab | 18,355 | 66.9 | 75.1% | Lab hold |
| Anglesey | Lab | 5,972 | 17.8 | 76.1% | Lab hold |
| Barry | Con | 2,903 | 5.3 | 77.7% | Con hold |
| Bedwellty | Lab | 22,862 | 59.1 | 77.1% | Lab hold |
| Brecon and Radnor | Lab | 3,012 | 6.8 | 81.4% | Lab hold |
| Caernarvon | PC | 2,894 | 8.4 | 80.9% | PC hold |
| Caerphilly | Lab | 13,709 | 32.1 | 75.6% | Lab hold |
| Cardiff North | Con | 2,001 | 6.2 | 73.3% | Con hold |
| Cardiff North West | Con | 4,333 | 12.5 | 79.0% | Con hold |
| Cardiff South East | Lab | 10,718 | 26.4 | 70.8% | Lab hold |
| Cardiff West | Lab | 6,672 | 18.4 | 69.7% | Lab hold |
| Cardigan | Lib | 2,410 | 7.0 | 80.6% | Lib hold |
| Carmarthen | PC | 3,640 | 7.0 | 85.6% | PC gain from Lab |
| Conway | Con | 2,806 | 7.1 | 76.2% | Con hold |
| Denbigh | Con | 4,551 | 9.4 | 76.4% | Con hold |
| East Flintshire | Lab | 9,586 | 17.4 | 79.7% | |
| Ebbw Vale | Lab | 18,059 | 63.0 | 76.1% | Lab hold |
| Gower | Lab | 16,204 | 37.0 | 77.0% | Lab hold |
| Llanelli | Lab | 22,301 | 45.0 | 76.9% | Lab hold |
| Merioneth | PC | 2,592 | 11.5 | 84.0% | PC hold |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Lab | 16,815 | 55.9 | 75.8% | Lab hold |
| Monmouth | Con | 2,342 | 3.9 | 79.5% | Con hold |
| Montgomery | Lib | 3,859 | 14.7 | 78.0% | |
| Neath | Lab | 17,723 | 43.5 | 78.0% | Lab hold |
| Newport | Lab | 13,816 | 24.4 | 75.6% | Lab hold |
| Ogmore | Lab | 22,204 | 43.4 | 75.4% | Lab hold |
| Pembroke | Con | 772 | 1.4 | 79.5% | Con hold |
| Pontypool | Lab | 18,695 | 46.7 | 72.7% | Lab hold |
| Pontypridd | Lab | 18,774 | 36.3 | 73.8% | Lab hold |
| Rhondda | Lab | 34,481 | 68.8 | 76.2% | Lab hold |
| Swansea East | Lab | 20,721 | 49.5 | 71.3% | Lab hold |
| Swansea West | Lab | 4,836 | 9.9 | 75.0% | Lab hold |
| West Flint | Con | 4,820 | 9.9 | 75.4% | |
| Wrexham | Lab | 16,366 | 29.0 | 74.3% | Lab hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Wales at the October 1974 general election?
Labour won 23 of the 36 seats in Wales, with 49.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Wales in October 1974?
36 constituencies.
Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data