All 630 seats in the House of Commons 316 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
77.1%, 1.7%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Harold Wilson
Alec Douglas-Home
Jo Grimond
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
14 February 1963
18 October 1963
5 November 1956
Leader's seat
Huyton
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Orkney and Shetland
Last election
258 seats, 43.8%
365 seats, 49.4%
6 seats, 5.9%
Seats won
317
304[note 1]
9
Seat change
59
61
3
Popular vote
12,205,808
12,002,642
3,099,283
Percentage
44.1%
43.4%
11.2%
Swing
0.3%
6.0%
5.3%
Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election
Alec Douglas-Home
Conservative
Prime Minister after election
Harold Wilson
Labour
The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, narrowly losing to the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson; Labour secured a parliamentary majority of four seats and ended its thirteen years in opposition since the 1951 election. Wilson became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Rosebery in 1894. To date, this is also the most narrow majority obtained in the House of Commons, with just one seat clearing Labour for a majority government.
1955 election
MPs
1959 election
MPs
1964 election
MPs
1966 election
MPs
1970 election
MPs
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