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1963 United Kingdom general election

← 1957 15 October 1963 1966 →

All 630 seats in the House of Commons
316 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout77.1%, Decrease1.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Anthony Greenwood Enoch Powell Jo Grimond
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Leader since 14 February 1963 18 October 1963 5 November 1956
Leader's seat Rossendale Wolverhampton South West Orkney
and Shetland
Last election 260 seats, 43.7% 363 seats, 49.5% 6 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 324 297[note 1] 9
Seat change Increase60 Decrease61 Increase3
Popular vote 12,206,912 12,001,438 3,099,283
Percentage 44.3% 43.2% 11.2%
Swing Increase0.5% Decrease6.2% Increase5.3%

Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Alec Douglas-Home
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Harold Wilson
Labour

The 1963 United Kingdom general election was held on 15 October 1963, five years after the previous election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party, first led by Winston Churchill, had regained power. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by the incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, narrowly losing to the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson; Labour secured a parliamentary majority of four seats and ended its thirteen years in opposition. Wilson became (at the time) the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Rosebery in 1894.


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