United Kingdom general election, 1966

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United Kingdom general election

The United Kingdom general election of 1966 was a parliamentary election in which Harold Wilson’s Labour Party won an increased majority, consolidating its hold on government mid-decade.

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1966 United Kingdom general election 3
1966 United Kingdom general election called by Harold Wilson 1
United Kingdom general election, 1966 canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
calledBy Harold Wilson ⓘ
campaignIssue Britain’s role in Europe ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
industrial relations ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electionWinner Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
forLegislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
forOffice Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Labour government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Labour government ⓘ
hasEndDate 1966-03-31 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1966-03-31 ⓘ
isEarlyElection true ⓘ
leaderOfMainOpponentParty Edward Heath ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Harold Wilson ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
leadingPartyBeforeElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeTermEnd 1970 ⓘ
legislativeTermStart 1966 ⓘ
location Great Britain ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
mainOpponentParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection United Kingdom general election, 1970 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
percentageVoteConservatives 41.9% ⓘ
percentageVoteLabour 47.9% ⓘ
percentageVoteLiberals 9.1% ⓘ
popularVoteConservatives 11,418,433 ⓘ
popularVoteLabour 12,205,814 ⓘ
popularVoteLiberals 2,327,533 ⓘ
previousElection 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom general election, 1964
primeMinisterBeforeElection Harold Wilson ⓘ
reasonForCalling to seek a larger working majority for the Labour government ⓘ
resultSummary Labour Party increased its parliamentary majority ⓘ
seatsInCommons 630 ⓘ
seatsWonByConservatives 253 ⓘ
seatsWonByLabour 364 ⓘ
seatsWonByLiberals 12 ⓘ
thirdParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Party (UK, historical)
turnoutChangeFromPrevious +1.3 percentage points ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary election ⓘ
voterTurnout 75.8% ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom general election, 1970 → previousElection → United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 United Kingdom general election
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 United Kingdom general election
UK Parliament 1964–1966 → reasonForDissolution → United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 United Kingdom general election called by Harold Wilson
UK Parliament 1966–1970 → generalElection → United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1966 United Kingdom general election