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Encyclopedia > United Kingdom general election, 1970
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The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. The election was also a setback for the Liberal Party under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, which lost half its seats. The Conservatives, when combined with the Ulster Unionists, held a majority of 31 over all other parties. The UK general election in 1966 was called by Harold Wilson because his government, elected in the 1964 election, had an unworkably small majority. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... This article is about the British politician. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Right Honourable Sir Edward (Ted) Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The Right Honourable John Jeremy Thorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a British politician, former leader of the Liberal Party. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...


Most opinion polls prior to the election had predicted a comfortable Labour victory, and had put Labour 12.4% ahead of the Conservatives. However on the day, a late swing gave the Conservatives a 3.4% lead. Opinion polls are surveys of opinion using sampling. ...


Results

UK General Election 1970
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 330 + 77 46.4 13,145,123 + 4.5
  Labour 288 - 76 43.1 12,208,758 - 4.9
  Liberal 6 - 6 7.5 2,117,035 - 1.0
  SNP 1 1 0 + 1 1.1 306,802 + 0.6
  Plaid Cymru 0 0 0 0 0.6 175,016 + 0.4
  Unity 2 2 0 + 2 0.4 140,930 N/A
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.1 39,264 0.0
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.1 37,970 - 0.1
  Protestant Unionist 1 1 0 + 1 0.1 35,303 N/A
  Republican Labour 1 1 0 + 1 0.1 30,649 N/A
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.1 24,685 + 0.1
  Independent Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.1 24,014 + 0.1
  Democratic 0 0 0 0 0.1 15,292 N/A
  National Democratic 0 0 0 0 0.1 14,276 N/A
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0.1 11,449 N/A
  National Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 10,349 N/A
  Vectis National 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,607 N/A
  Independent Liberal 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,456 0.0
  World Government 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,016 N/A
  Mebyon Kernow 0 0 0 0 0.0 960 N/A
  ILP 0 0 0 0 0.0 847 N/A

Total votes cast: 28,305,534. All parties with more than 750 votes listed. The Conservative figure includes 8 Ulster Unionists. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-07-12, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Unity was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalst candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a political party in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1920 to 1991. ... The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) were a political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. ... The Republican Labour Party was a political party in Northern Ireland. ... The Democratic Party was formed in May 1969 by Desmond Donnelly, who had been a Labour MP, but had resigned the whip in January 1968 and been expelled by the party two months later. ... The National Democratic Party was a right wing political party that operated in the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right-wing political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 80s. ... The National Democrats were a small party in Northern Ireland founded by members of the Nationalist Party who previously attempted to get the Nationalists to adopt a constituency based structure with a party conference and agreed party programme. ... The Vectis National Party was a minor political party operating in the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. ... Mebyon Kernow (Cornish for Sons of Cornwall, often abbrieviated MK) is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a former political party in the United Kingdom. ...

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United Kingdom general election, 1970 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (155 words)
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath.
The election was also a setback for the Liberal Party under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, which lost half its seats.
Most opinion polls prior to the election had predicted a comfortable Labour victory, and had put Labour 12.4% ahead of the Conservatives.
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