• Majority – 3
• PM Harold Wilson 1974—1976
• PM James Callaghan 1976—1979
• Held on 10th October 1974

• Electorate – 40,072,970
• Turnout – 72.8%

1974 October General Election Results Summary

Party	Seats	Gain	Loss	Net	Votes	%	±%
Labour	319	20	2	+18	11,457,079	39.3	+2.0
Conservative	277	2	22	-20	10,462,565	35.8	-2.1
Liberal	13	1	2	-1	5,346,704	18.3	-1.0
Scottish National	11	4	0	+4	839,617	2.9	+0.9
Ulster Unionist	6	0	1	-1	256,066	0.9	+0.1
Plaid Cymru	3	1	0	+1	166,321	0.6	+0.1
Vanguard Unionist	3	0	0	0	62,262	0.3	+0.1
Democratic Unionist	1	0	0	0	69,451	0.3	+0.1
SDLP	1	0	0	0	154,193	0.6	+0.1
Independent Republican	1	1	0	+1	32,795	0.2	+0.2

Election manifestos

• Labour
• Conservative
• Liberal