1964 United Kingdom general election in England

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The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964 to elect 630 members of the House of Commons, of which 511 constituencies were in England.

1964 United Kingdom general election in England

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All 511 English seats in the House of Commons 256 seats needed for English majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Harold Wilson Alec Douglas-Home Jo Grimond Party Labour Conservative Liberal Leader since 14 February 1963 18 October 1963 5 November 1956 Leader's seat Huyton Kinross and Western Perthshire Orkney and Shetland Last election 193 seats, 43.6% 315 seats, 50.0% 3 seats, 6.3% Seats won 246 262 3 Seat change 53 53 Percentage 43.5% 44.1% 12.1% Swing 0.1% 5.9% 5.8%

In this election, although the incumbent Conservative government led by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home was ousted by the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, the Conservatives narrowly won a majority of seats in England. In the post-war era, this remains the one of the two elections (the other being the 1950 election) where the party winning a majority in the House of Commons not winning a plurality of seats in England- rather, the party which lost the general election won a majority of seats in England.