October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

October 1974 United Kingdom general election
10 October 1974
All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout74.81%, 4.05%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965
Last election 40 seats, 36.6% 21 seats, 32.9%
Seats won 41 16
Seat change 1 5
Popular vote 1,000,581 681,327
Percentage 36.3% 24.7%
Swing 0.3% 8.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
SNP
Liberal
Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe
Party SNP Liberal
Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967
Last election 7 seats, 21.9% 3 seats, 7.9%
Seats won 11 3
Seat change 4
Popular vote 839,617 228,855
Percentage 30.4% 8.3%
Swing 8.5% 0.4%
Results of the Oct. 1974 election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 10 October 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. For the first time in its history, SNP became the second largest party in Scotland by popular vote.

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