February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	78.86%, 4.95%
First party Second party   Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath Party Labour Conservative Leader since 14 February 1963 28 July 1965 Last election 44 seats, 44.5% 23 seats, 32.9% Seats won 40 21 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 1,057,601 950,668 Percentage 36.6% 32.9% Swing 7.9% 5.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader William Wolfe Jeremy Thorpe Party SNP Liberal Leader since 1 June 1969 18 January 1967 Last election 1 seats, 21.9% 3 seats, 7.9% Seats won 7 3 Seat change 6 Popular vote 633,180 229,162 Percentage 21.9% 7.9% Swing 10.5% 2.4%
Results of the Feb. 1974 election in Scotland

These are the results of the February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland. The election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.^[1]

MPs[]

Results[]

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	40	4	1,057,601	36.6	7.9
	Conservative	21	2	950,668	32.9	5.1
	SNP	7	6	633,180	21.9	10.5
	Liberal	3		229,162	7.9	2.4
rowspan="1" style="width: 2px; background-color: #DDDDBB;" data-sort-value="Other"; |	Other	0		16,464	0.6	0.1
Turnout:				2,887,075	78.86

Votes summary[]

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