October 1974 United Kingdom general 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.^[1] For the first time in its history, SNP became the second largest party in Scotland by popular vote.

October 1974 United Kingdom general election

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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout	74.81%, 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

Main article: October 1974 United Kingdom general election

MPs

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	41	1	1,000,581	36.3	0.3
	Conservative	16	5	681,327	24.7	8.2
	SNP	11	4	839,617	30.4	8.5
	Liberal	3		228,855	8.3	0.4
	Other	0		7,721	0.28	0.4
Turnout:				2,758,101	74.81

Votes summary

Popular vote Labour   36.28% SNP   30.44% Conservative   24.70% Liberal   8.30% Other   0.28%

Parliament seats Labour   57.75% Conservative   22.54% SNP   15.49% Liberal   4.23%