Labour Party won the February 1974 general election
Time: Thursday Feb 28, 1974
Place: United Kingdom
Details: The opposition Labour Party won the February 1974 general election without a majority and then contested the subsequent October 1974 general election with a commitment to renegotiate Britain's terms of membership of the EC, believing them to be unfavorable, and then hold a referendum on whether to remain in the EC on the new terms.
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