UK general election, 1966

The UK general election in 1966 was called by Harold Wilson because his government, elected in the 1964 election, had an unworkably small majority. Wilson's hope, that he would be returned to office with an increased majority, was excited by the government's victory in a by-election at Kingston upon Hull and was vindicated; the government was able to survive. The results were as follows -

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	13,096,629	364	+ 47	48.0
Conservative	11,418,455	253	- 51	41.9
Liberal	2,327,457	12	+ 3	8.5
SNP	128,474	0		0.5
Independent Republican	62,782	0		0.2
Communist	62,092	0		0.2
Plaid Cymru	61,071	0		0.2
Independent	35,039	0		0.1
Republican Labour	26,292	1	+ 1	0.1
Nationalist	22,167	0		0.1
Independent Liberal	5,689	0		0.0
BNP	5,182	0		0.0
Independent Conservative	4,089	0		0.0
Union Movement	4,075	0		0.0
Independent Labour	1,931	0		0.0

Total votes cast: 27,264,747. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown. The Conservative figure includes Ulster Unionists and National Liberals.