United Kingdom General Election 1970
The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, which defeated the governing Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party, under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, lost half its seats. The Conservatives, including the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), secured a majority of 30 seats. This general election was the first in which people could vote from the age of 18, after passage of the Representation of the People Act the previous year, and the first UK election where party, and not just candidate names were allowed to be put on the ballots. Most opinion polls prior to the election indicated a comfortable Labour victory, and put Labour up to 12.4% ahead of the Conservatives. On election day, however, a late swing gave the Conservatives a 3.4% lead and ended almost six years of Labour government, although Wilson remained leader of the Labour Party in opposition. Writing ...
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List Of United Kingdom Parliament Constituencies (1955–1974)
Constituencies in 1950–1955 , 1955 MPs , 1959 MPs , 1964 MPs , 1966 MPs , 1970 MPs , Constituencies in 1974–1983 This is a list of all constituencies that were in existence in the 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, and 1970 General Elections. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1955-1974) 1955-1974 Parliamentary constituencies Parliamentary constituencies Parliamentary constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...