Election Name: | February 1974 United Kingdom general election |
Turnout: | 78.86%, 4.95% |
Leader1: | Harold Wilson |
Leader Since1: | 14 February 1963 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 44 seats, 44.5% |
Seats1: | 40 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,057,601 |
Percentage1: | 36.6% |
Swing1: | 7.9% |
Election Date: | 28 February 1974 |
Country: | Scotland |
Leader Since2: | 28 July 1965 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election |
Next Election: | October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland |
Next Year: | Oct. 1974 |
Seats For Election: | All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons |
Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, February 1974 |
Leader2: | Edward Heath |
Last Election2: | 23 seats, 38.0% |
Leader Since5: | 18 January 1967 |
Popular Vote4: | 633,180 |
Percentage4: | 21.9% |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party5: | Scottish Liberal Party |
Last Election5: | 3 seats, 5.5% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Swing4: | 10.5% |
Image5: | Liberal |
Leader5: | Jeremy Thorpe |
Popular Vote5: | 229,162 |
Percentage5: | 7.9% |
Seats2: | 21 |
Swing5: | 2.4% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Popular Vote2: | 950,668 |
Percentage2: | 32.9% |
Swing2: | 5.1% |
Image4: | SNP |
Leader4: | William Wolfe |
Leader Since4: | 1 June 1969 |
Party4: | Scottish National Party |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 11.4% |
Seats4: | 7 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
See main article: February 1974 United Kingdom general election.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 28 February 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (February 1974–October 1974)
Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 4 | 1,057,601 | 36.6 | 7.9 | |||
21 | 2 | 950,668 | 32.9 | 5.1 | |||
7 | 6 | 633,180 | 21.9 | 10.5 | |||
3 | 229,162 | 7.9 | 2.4 | ||||
0 | 16,464 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ||||
Turnout: | 2,887,075 | 78.86 |