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This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 general election, held on 10 October. This Parliament was dissolved in 1979.
Note: The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sit together as a party group. This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 general election, held on 10 October. This was the second general election to be held that year. The Parliament lasted until 1979.
Notable newcomers to the British House of Commons, House of Commons included Margaret Beckett, Margaret Jackson (later Margaret Beckett), David Penhaligon, Bryan Gould, Margaret Ewing, Margaret Bain (later Margaret Ewing), Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman, Helene Hayman and Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Ann Taylor.
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Composition
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 general election.
Note: The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sit together as a party group. This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974 general election, held on 10 October. This was the second general election to be held that year. The Parliament lasted until 1979.
Notable newcomers to the British House of Commons, House of Commons included Margaret Beckett, Margaret Jackson (later Margaret Beckett), David Penhaligon, Bryan Gould, Margaret Ewing, Margaret Bain (later Margaret Ewing), Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman, Helene Hayman and Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Ann Taylor.
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By-elections
See the List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950 - 1979)#47th Parliament (October 1974 - 1979), list of United Kingdom by-elections. Four seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979 general election: *Abingdon – Airey Neave (Con) *Batley and Morley – Alfred Broughton (Lab) *Chipping Barnet – Reginald Maudling (Con) *North East Derbyshire – Thomas Henry Swain, Tom Swain (Lab) In addition, Maurice Orbach (Labour MP for Stockport South) died on 24 April, after dissolution but before the general election.Defections
* 14 April 1976: John Stonehouse (Walsall North) defects from Labour to English National Party * 26 July 1976: James Sillars (Ayrshire South) and John Robertson (Scottish Labour Party founder), John Robertson (Paisley (UK Parliament constituency), Paisley) resign from Labour Party and sit as Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Labour *1977–1978: The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party fell apart. William Craig (Northern Ireland politician), William Craig (East Belfast (UK Parliament constituency), East Belfast) and Robert Bradford (NI politician), Robert Bradford (South Belfast (UK Parliament constituency), South Belfast) joined the Ulster Unionist Party. John Dunlop (Northern Ireland politician), John Dunlop joined the United Ulster Unionist Party. *1977: James Kilfedder (North Down (UK Parliament constituency), North Down) left the Ulster Unionist Party and sat as an independent unionist.Progression of government majority and party totals
The government voting total is the total number of Labour MPs, minus the Labour Deputy Speakers (two until 3 Feb 1976, one from that date). The opposition voting total is the total number of other MPs, minus the Speaker and the Conservative Deputy Speakers (one until 3 Feb 1976, two from that date). The majority is the difference between the former and the latter. The Conservatives began with 276 MPs; the figure of 277 given above includes the Speaker Selwyn Lloyd. In the Majority column, figures in brackets denote the majority the Lib–Lab pact, Lib-Lab pact had during its time of operation. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of MPs elected in the 1974 10 United Kingdom general election Lists of MPs elected in United Kingdom general elections, 1974 10 October 1974 United Kingdom general election Lists of UK MPs 1974–1979 1974-related lists, UK MPs Lists of UK MPs October 1974–1979