1964 United Kingdom general election in England

none 1964 United Kingdom general election in England England parliamentary no 1959 United Kingdom general election in England 1959 List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election 1966 United Kingdom general election in England 1966 List of MPs elected in the 1964 United Kingdom general election All 511 English seats in the House of Commons 77.0% ( 1.9 pp) List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election 15 October 1964 Alec Douglas-Home (c1963) (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Alec Douglas-Home 18 October 1963 Conservative Party (UK) Kinross andWestern Perthshire 315 seats, 50.0% 262speaker 53 10,106,028 44.1% 5.9 pp Harold Wilson (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Harold Wilson 14 February 1963 Labour Party (UK) Huyton 193 seats, 43.6% 246 53 9,982,360 43.5% 0.1 pp Jo Grimond in 1963 (3x4 crop).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Jo Grimond 5 November 1956 Liberal Party (UK) Orkney and Shetland 3 seats, 6.3% 3 2,775,752 12.1% 5.8 pp On Thursday 15 October 1964, the 1964 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 630 members of the House of Commons, with 511 constituencies being in England. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1964 general election in England.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 21 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/33 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 40 2006 Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 511Conservative Party 500Liberal Party 323Communist Party of Great Britain 22Independent 13National Liberal Party 11Independent Conservative 4The candidates that stood were Donald Johnson in Carlisle, Warwick Arthur Claremont Mowbray in Enfield West and Robert C. Middelwood in Sunderland North.Independent Liberal 3The candidates that stood were Alice M. Pearce in Bristol North East, David G. Russell in Clapham, James Rafton Smallwood in Morecambe and Lonsdale and Charles Ford in Wokingham.Anti-Common Market League 2The candidates that stood were William Brown in Brierley Hill and John Paul in Bexley.League of Empire Loyalists 2The candidates that stood were Rosine de Bounevialle in Petersfield and William Brooks in Streatham.Independent Nuclear Disarmament 2The candidates that stood were A. James W. Haigh in Bromley and Michael H. Craft in Twickenham.Patriotic Party 2The candidates that stood were Barbara Davies in Dorking and Arthur Rossi Braybrooke in Fulham.Other 14Each were individual candidates or minor partiesTotal 1,409 Analysis Conservatives and Labour In this election, although the incumbent Conservative government led by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home was defeated by the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, the Conservatives along with the National Liberal Party narrowly won a majority of seats in England. In the post-war era, this remains one of the two elections (the other being the 1950 general election) where the party winning a majority in the House of Commons did not win a plurality of seats in England; rather, the party which lost the general election won a majority of seats in England. The Conservative Party lost a total of 55 seats to the Labour Party, however gained Birmingham Perry Barr, Eton and Slough, South West Norfolk and Smethwick from Labour. Conversely, the Labour Party won 55 seats from the Conservative Party and two from the Liberals, though losing a four to the Conservatives. Overall, the Labour Party gained 53 seats at this election. National Liberal Party The National Liberal Party, which was in a constituency alliance with the Conservative Party, held Bradford West, Bristol North East, Harwich, Holland with Boston, Huntingdonshire and St Ives. The National Liberals, however, lost more than half of its seats in England. The majority of its losses came from sitting MPs standing as official candidates for the Conservative party rather than the National Liberals. Such members were Joan Vickers in Plymouth Devonport, Norman Cole in Bedfordshire South, John Osborn in Sheffield Hallam and Sir Peter Roberts in Sheffield Heeley. This also occurred in Norfolk Central. Ian Gilmour had won the seat at the 1962 Central Norfolk by-election following the death of Richard Collard,British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 59 0333197348 1976 however stood as a Conservative candidate, winning the seat again at this election. The National Liberals further lost Bradford North to the Labour Party. It also Luton to the Labour Party. In Luton, William Howie had retained the seat he had won at the 1963 Luton by-election.British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 60 0333197348 1976 As such, the National Liberal Party lost seven seats in England. Along with the losses of the Conservative Party to Labour and the Liberal Party, and seats transferred between the National Liberals and Conservatives, the alliance lost an overall 53 seats in England. Liberal Party The Liberal Party lost Bolton West and Huddersfield West (initially held by the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Donald Wade) in the North to the Labour Party, however gained Bodmin and Orpington from the Conservatives. The party's seat count did not change overall, although the party stood significantly more candidates than it had in previous elections, significantly increasing its vote share. Results +PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 26 0333197348 1976 SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%)   Conservative (Total) 262 9 62 53 51.3 10,106,028 44.1 5.9 Conservative Party (UK) 256speaker Figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Harry Hylton-Foster in Cities of London and Westminster, elected as such just after the general election. 9 55 46 50.1 9,894,014 43.1 4.6 National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) 6 0 7 7 1.2 212,014 0.9 1.4   Labour 246 57 4 53 48.1 9,982,360 43.5 0.1   Liberal 3 2 2 0.6 2,775,752 12.1 5.8   Communist 0 0 0 — 24,824 0.1   Independent Liberal 0 0 0 — 14,011 0.1 0.1   Independent 0 0 0 — 12,495 0.1 0.1   Ind. Conservative 0 0 0 — 3,664 0.0   British National 0 colspan=3 New — 3,410 0.0 New   Anti-Common Market 0 colspan=3 New — 3,083 0.0 New   New Liberal 0 colspan=3 New — 2,053 0.0 New   Independent Nuclear Disarmament 0 colspan=3 New — 1,534 0.0 New   Fellowship 0 0 0 — 1,112 0.0   Communist Anti-Revisionist 0 colspan=3 New — 899 0.0 New   Christian Progressive 0 colspan=3 New — 865 0.0 New   Ratepayer (Romford) 0 colspan=3 New — 811 0.0 New   Empire Loyalists 0 colspan=3 New — 789 0.0 New   Taxpayers' Coalition 0 colspan=3 New — 709 0.0 New   Patriotic Party 0 colspan=3 New — 539 0.0 New   Farmers' Candidate 0 colspan=3 New — 534 0.0 New  National Democratic 0 colspan=3 New — 349 0.0 New  World Government 0 colspan=3 New — 318 0.0 New  British and Commonwealth 0 colspan=3 New — 310 0.0 New  Social Credit 0 colspan=3 New — 304 0.0 New  Christian Socialist 0 colspan=3 New — 264 0.0 New   Socialist (GB) 0 0 0 — 234 0.0 Total 511 0 100.0 22,937,251 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 29,804,627 77.0https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 1.9 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 44.1 Labour Labour Party (UK) 43.5 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 12.1 Other #777777 0.3 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 51.27 Labour Labour Party (UK) 48.14 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 0.58 By region Note: the following tables indicate the results according to the regions of England which were established in 1994, based on the county boundaries established in the 1974 local government reforms. These regions were not used at the time for the purposes of this election. East Midlands Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 24 4 0 4 63.2 48.2 0.7 Conservative Party (UK) 14 0 4 4 36.8 42.2 4.7 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 9.5 5.3   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 Total 38 East of England Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 31 1 6 5 75.6 46.4 4.8 Labour Party (UK) 10 6 1 5 24.4 40.8 0.6 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 12.7 4.3   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 Total 41 Greater London Parliamentary constituencies in London + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 53 11 0 11 51.9 44.4 1.1 Conservative Party (UK) 48Figure includes the Speaker of the House of Commons. 0 12 12 47.1 42.4 7.0 Liberal Party (UK) 1 1 0 1 1.0 12.5 5.6   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0.3 Total 102 North East England Parliamentary constituencies in North East England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 27 6 0 6 87.1 58.5 1.8 Conservative Party (UK) 4 0 6 6 12.9 37.5 4.4 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 2.4   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 Total 31 North West England Parliamentary constituencies in North West England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 52 14 0 14 62.7 45.9 1.0 Conservative Party (UK) 31 0 13 13 37.3 43.1 7.2 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 1 1 0.0 10.6 6.0   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 0.3 Total 83 South East England Parliamentary constituencies in South East England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 53 1 5 4 86.9 50.4 8.4 Labour Party (UK) 8 5 1 4 13.1 32.7 0.9 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 16.8 9.2   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 Total 61 South West England Parliamentary constituencies in South West England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 36 0 1 1 80.0 45.4 5.5 Labour Party (UK) 7 5 0 15.6 33.6 0.6 Liberal Party (UK) 2 1 0 1 4.4 20.5 5.8   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0.4 Total 45 West Midlands Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 28 5 2 3 51.9 45.2 0.7 Conservative Party (UK) 26 2 5 3 48.1 46.8 3.9 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 7.8 4.6   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 0.1 Total 54 Yorkshire and the Humber Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 37 6 0 6 66.1 49.4 0.8 Conservative Party (UK) 19 0 5 5 33.9 39.4 5.4 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 1 1 0.0 11.0 6.1   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 0.1 Total 56 See also 1964 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1964 United Kingdom general election in Wales Notes References Further reading Barberis, Peter (September 2007). "Introduction: The 1964 General Election—the 'Not Quite, But' and 'But Only Just' Election". Contemporary British History. 21 (3): 284–285. 1964: Labour scrapes through, BBC News, 5 April 2005 Schaffer, B. B. (7 April 2008). "The British General Election, 1964: A Retrospect". Australian Journal of Politics & History. 11 (1): 7–22. Denver, David (1 September 2007). "The 1964 General Election: Explaining Voting Behaviour Then and Now". Contemporary British History. 21 (3): 295–307. Politics England United Kingdom #England General Election Category:1960s in England 1964