October 1974 United Kingdom general election

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

The October 1974 United Kingdom general election was a snap parliamentary election that resulted in a narrow Labour majority under Harold Wilson following a period of political instability and a hung parliament earlier that year.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Kingdom general election, October 1974	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom general election ⓘ parliamentary election ⓘ
afterParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
beforeParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
campaignIssue	economic difficulties ⓘ industrial relations ⓘ inflation ⓘ
cause	hung parliament after February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ political instability in 1974 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	10 October 1974 ⓘ
electorate	United Kingdom electorate ⓘ
endDate	1974-10-10 ⓘ
era	1970s in the United Kingdom ⓘ
isSnapElection	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leaderOfSecondParty	Edward Heath ⓘ
leaderOfThirdParty	Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty	Harold Wilson ⓘ
legislature	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location	United Kingdom ⓘ
majoritySeats	318 ⓘ
monarchDuringElection	Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection	1979 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFeature	produced small overall majority of three seats for Labour at first ⓘ second general election held in the United Kingdom in 1974 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd	1979 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart	1974 ⓘ
parliamentNumber	47th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
popularVoteShareConservatives	35.8% ⓘ
popularVoteShareLabour	39.2% ⓘ
popularVoteShareLiberals	18.3% ⓘ
previousElection	February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection	Harold Wilson ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection	Harold Wilson ⓘ
result	narrow Labour majority government ⓘ
resultingGovernment	Labour government ⓘ
seatsForElection	635 ⓘ
seatsWonByConservatives	277 ⓘ
seatsWonByLabour	319 ⓘ
seatsWonByLiberals	13 ⓘ
secondParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate	1974-10-10 ⓘ
thirdParty	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)
turnoutChangeFromPreviousElection	-5.1 percentage points ⓘ
type	parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnout	72.8% ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
winningParty	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Edward Heath → officeContested → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ

Jeremy Thorpe → participantIn → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom general election, October 1974