February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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February 1974 United Kingdom general election
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28 February 1974
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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
78.86%, 4.95%
First party
Second party
Leader
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
14 February 1963
28 July 1965
Last election
44 seats, 44.5%
23 seats, 38.0%
Seats won
40
21
Seat change
4
2
Popular vote
1,057,601
950,668
Percentage
36.6%
32.9%
Swing
7.9%
5.1%
Third party
Fourth party
SNP
Liberal
Leader
William Wolfe
Jeremy Thorpe
Party
SNP
Liberal
Leader since
1 June 1969
18 January 1967
Last election
1 seat, 11.4%
3 seats, 5.5%
Seats won
7
3
Seat change
6
Popular vote
633,180
229,162
Percentage
21.9%
7.9%
Swing
10.5%
2.4%
Results of the Feb. 1974 election in Scotland
Main article: February 1974 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 28 February 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
^"Commons results report" (PDF).
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