List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_United_Kingdom_general_election,_1966
This is a list of members of Parliament elected at the 1966 general election, held on 31 March.
| 1966–1970 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
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Palace of Westminster in 1968 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||
| Term | 31 March 1966 (1966-03-31) – 29 May 1970 (1970-05-29) | ||||
| Election | 1966 United Kingdom general election | ||||
| Government | Second Wilson ministry | ||||
| House of Commons | |||||
| Members | 630 | ||||
| Speaker | Horace King | ||||
| Leader | Herbert Bowden Richard Crossman Fred Peart | ||||
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Edward Heath | ||||
| Third-party leader | Jo Grimond Jeremy Thorpe | ||||
| House of Lords | |||||
| Lord Chancellor | Baron Gardiner | ||||
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These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1966 general election.
Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
| Affiliation | Members | |
| Labour Party | 364 | |
| Conservative Party | 253 | |
| Liberal Party | 12 | |
| Republican Labour Party | 1 | |
| Total | 630 | |
| Effective government majority | 98 | |
This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1966 general election, held on 31 March.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included David Owen, John Nott, Michael Heseltine, Jack Ashley, Donald Dewar, Gwyneth Dunwoody, John Pardoe, David Winnick, Gerry Fitt and Andrew Faulds.
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See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.