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United Kingdom 1966 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 364 of 630 seats with 48.0% of the vote; 76.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.2 points on 1964.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party364+4748.0+3.913,096,629
Conservatives and National Liberals0041.9−1.511,418,455
Liberal Party12+38.6−2.62,327,457
Scottish National Party00.5128,474
Republican Labour Party10.126,292
Conservative Party250−48
National Liberal Party3−3

± is the change against the United Kingdom 1964 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 13,096,629
  • Conservatives and National Liberals 11,418,455
  • Liberal Party 2,327,457
  • Scottish National Party 128,474
  • Republican Labour Party 26,292
  • Conservative Party
  • National Liberal Party

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

76.0% of the 35,957,245 registered voters cast a ballot (27,314,646 ballots), down 1.2 points on 1964. 27,264,747 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Labour Party48.0% of votes57.8% of seats
  • Liberal Party8.6% of votes1.9% of seats
  • Republican Labour Party0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Conservatives and National Liberals41.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 41.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Labour Party led Conservatives and National Liberals by 6.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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