<page_title> Labour Party (UK) </page_title> <section_title> UK General Elections </section_title> <table> <cell> Oct-1974 <col_header> Election </col_header> <col_header> # </col_header> <col_header> 1900 </col_header> <col_header> 1906 </col_header> <col_header> Jan-1910 </col_header> <col_header> Dec-1910 </col_header> <col_header> 1918 </col_header> <col_header> 1922 </col_header> <col_header> 1923 </col_header> <col_header> 1924 </col_header> <col_header> 1929 </col_header> <col_header> 1931 </col_header> <col_header> 1935 </col_header> <col_header> 1945 </col_header> <col_header> 1950 </col_header> <col_header> 1951 </col_header> <col_header> 1955 </col_header> <col_header> 1959 </col_header> <col_header> 1964 </col_header> <col_header> 1966 </col_header> <col_header> 1970 </col_header> <col_header> Feb-1974 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Harold Wilson <col_header> Leader </col_header> <col_header> % </col_header> <row_header> Oct-1974 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 319 / 635 <col_header> Seats </col_header> <row_header> Oct-1974 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 18 <col_header> Seats </col_header> <row_header> Oct-1974 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> Position </col_header> <row_header> Oct-1974 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Labour <col_header> Resulting government </col_header> <row_header> Oct-1974 </row_header> </cell> </table>
In October at the 1974 election, Labour's Harold Wilson as a leader gained and won 18 seats taking its total to 319.