Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, having taken power in a minority government after the February election, returned to the polls and won a tiny majority. It was at this election that the SNP secured their best ever representation inside the House of Commons, 11 MPs. Party Votes Seats Loss/Gain Share of Vote (%) Conservative 10,428,966 276 - 34 35.7 Labour 11,456,597 319 + 18 39.3 Liberal 5,346,817 13 - 1 18.3 Others 1,953,318 27 + 3 6.7 The 27 "others" include the "Speaker seeking re-election" This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.