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1963 United Kingdom general election

15 October 1963
All 630 seats in the House of Commons 316 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	77.1%, 1.7%
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 9 Seat change 60 61 3 Popular vote 12,206,912 12,001,438 3,099,283 Percentage 44.3% 43.2% 11.2% Swing 0.5% 6.2% 5.3%
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.