▁would ▁be ▁held ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁October , ▁less ▁than ▁eight ▁months ▁since ▁the ▁previous ▁election . ▁The ▁key ▁dates ▁were ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Results ▁Labour ▁achieved ▁a ▁swing ▁of ▁ 2 % ▁against ▁the ▁Conserv atives . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁that ▁a ▁government ▁had ▁won ▁an ▁overall ▁majority ▁with ▁less ▁than ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote , ▁al beit ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁only ▁ 3 . ▁The ▁Conserv atives ▁won ▁just ▁ 3 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote , ▁their ▁worst ▁share ▁since ▁ 1 9 4 5 ; ▁and ▁a ▁slight ▁drop ▁in ▁the ▁Liberal ▁vote ▁saw ▁them ▁suffer ▁a ▁net ▁loss ▁of ▁ 1 ▁seat . ▁In ▁Scotland , ▁the ▁SN P ▁added ▁another ▁ 4 ▁seats ▁to ▁their ▁success es ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁election ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁largest ▁party . ▁Turn out ▁was ▁ 7 2 . 8 %, ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁decl ine ▁on ▁the ▁February ▁election ' s ▁ 7 8 . 8 % ▁turn out . ▁ ▁| - ▁| + ▁style =" caption - side : ▁bottom ; ▁font - weight : normal " ▁| All ▁parties ▁shown . ▁| } ▁ ▁V otes ▁summary ▁ ▁Se ats ▁summary ▁ ▁Inc umb ents ▁defeated ▁ ▁Conserv ative ▁ ▁J ock ▁Bruce - G ard y ne ▁( Ang us ▁South ) ▁Michael ▁An c ram , ▁Earl ▁of ▁An c ram ▁( Ber wick ▁and ▁East ▁L oth ian