The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power.

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  • The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power. Both major parties had changed leaders in 1963: after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, Labour chose Harold Wilson (who was then thought of as being on the party's centre left), and the Conservatives had unexpectedly chosen Alec Douglas-Home (also called the Earl of Home) as their new leader after Harold Macmillan announced his resignation (Home shortly after disclaimed his title under the Peerage Act 1963 in order to lead the party from the Commons). Macmillan's government had been increasingly unpopular in the mid-term, and Douglas-Home faced a difficult task in rebuilding the party's popularity. Wilson had begun to try to tie the Labour Party to the growing confidence of Britain in the 1960s, arguing that the technological revolution would sweep away restrictive practices on either side of industry.
  • Les eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1964 es van celebrar el 15 d'octubre de 1964. Va guanyar per majoria absoluta el Partit Laborista de Harold Wilson.
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  • Labour Party (UK)
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  • Conservative Party (UK)
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  • 15 October 1964
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  • United Kingdom general election, 1964
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  • 258 seats, 43.8%
  • 365 seats, 49.4%
  • 6 seats, 5.9%
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  • 14 February 1963
  • 18 October 1963
  • 5 November 1956
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  • Labour Party (UK)
  • Liberal Party (UK)
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  • 43.4
  • 44.1
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  • Subsequent PM
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  • United Kingdom general election, 1959
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  • The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power.
  • Les eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1964 es van celebrar el 15 d'octubre de 1964. Va guanyar per majoria absoluta el Partit Laborista de Harold Wilson.
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  • United Kingdom general election, 1964
  • Eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1964
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