October 1974 United Kingdom general election

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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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Generate an image of the October 1974 United Kingdom general 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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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, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
turnoutChangeFromPreviousElection -5.1 percentage points ⓘ
type parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnout 72.8% ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
winningParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ

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Edward Heath → officeContested → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Jeremy Thorpe → participantIn → United Kingdom general election, October 1974 ⓘ
linked to: October 1974 United Kingdom general election
46th Parliament of the United Kingdom → dissolvedForElection → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
47th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
David Madel → election → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Dennis Skinner → electedIn → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wilson governments → electoralMandate → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Reg Underhill → election → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Labour government of Harold Wilson (1974–1976) → legislatureTerm → October 1974 Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: October 1974 United Kingdom general election
Labour government of Harold Wilson (1974–1976) → formedAfter → October 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ