1964 United Kingdom general election

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The 1964 United Kingdom general election was a nationwide parliamentary election in which Harold Wilson’s Labour Party narrowly defeated the Conservatives, ending 13 years of Conservative government.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
campaignIssue economic modernisation ⓘ
education ⓘ
housing ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 15 October 1964 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorate United Kingdom electorate ⓘ
endDate 1964-10-15 ⓘ
ended 13 years of Conservative government ⓘ
governmentFormed Labour majority government ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
leaderOfSecondParty Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
leaderOfThirdParty Jo Grimond ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Harold Wilson ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mainOppositionLeaderAfterElection Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
majoritySeats 316 ⓘ
nextElection 1966 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFor narrow overall majority for the winning party ⓘ
returning Labour to power after 13 years in opposition ⓘ
numberOfPartiesWinningSeats 3 ⓘ
parliamentElected 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf electoral history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
popularVoteThird Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
popularVoteWinner Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
previousElection 1959 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Harold Wilson ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
resultSummary Labour Party won a narrow overall majority in the House of Commons ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
scope nationwide ⓘ
seatsForElection 630 ⓘ
secondParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate 1964-10-15 ⓘ
thirdParty Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
typeOfElection parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnout 77.06% ⓘ
77.1% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange -0.7 percentage points ⓘ
winningParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ

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Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 1964 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
linked to: 1964 United Kingdom general election
United Kingdom general election, 1966 → previousElection → United Kingdom general election, 1964 ⓘ
linked to: 1964 United Kingdom general election
Labour government (Harold Wilson, 1964–1970) → cameToPowerAfter → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Labour government
UK Parliament 1964–1966 → election → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
40th Parliament of the United Kingdom → startCause → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wilson governments → electoralMandate → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 1964 United Kingdom general election ⓘ