October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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October 1974 United Kingdom general election
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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
74.81%, 4.05%
First party
Second party
Leader
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
14 February 1963
28 July 1965
Last election
40 seats, 36.6%
21 seats, 32.9%
Seats won
41
16
Seat change
1
5
Popular vote
1,000,581
681,327
Percentage
36.3%
24.7%
Swing
0.3%
8.2%
Third party
Fourth party
SNP
Liberal
Leader
William Wolfe
Jeremy Thorpe
Party
SNP
Liberal
Leader since
1 June 1969
18 January 1967
Last election
7 seats, 21.9%
3 seats, 7.9%
Seats won
11
3
Seat change
4
Popular vote
839,617
228,855
Percentage
30.4%
8.3%
Swing
8.5%
0.4%
Results of the Oct. 1974 election in Scotland
Main article: October 1974 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 10 October 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
^"Commons results report" (PDF).
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