United Kingdom general election, 1970

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The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was a national parliamentary election in which Edward Heath’s Conservative Party unexpectedly defeated Harold Wilson’s governing Labour Party, leading to a change of government.

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Generate an image of United Kingdom general election, 1970 (The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was a national parliamentary election in which Edward Heath’s Conservative Party unexpectedly defeated Harold Wilson’s governing Labour Party, leading to a change of government.)

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignIssue Britain’s relationship with the European Economic Community ⓘ
economy ⓘ
industrial relations ⓘ
prices and inflation ⓘ
conservativePopularVote 13,145,123 ⓘ
conservativePopularVoteShare 46.4% ⓘ
conservativeSeatChange +77 ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon 330 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
forLegislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
forOffice Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Conservative government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Labour government ⓘ
hasEndDate 1970-06-18 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1970-06-18 ⓘ
labourPopularVote 12,208,758 ⓘ
labourPopularVoteShare 43.1% ⓘ
labourSeatChange -75 ⓘ
labourSeatsWon 288 ⓘ
leaderOfConservativeParty Edward Heath ⓘ
leaderOfLabourParty Harold Wilson ⓘ
leaderOfLiberalParty Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
leadingPartyBeforeElection Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
liberalPopularVote 2,117,035 ⓘ
liberalPopularVoteShare 7.5% ⓘ
liberalSeatChange -6 ⓘ
liberalSeatsWon 6 ⓘ
mainOpponentParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
majoritySeats 316 ⓘ
nextElection February 1974 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFeature opinion polls predicted Labour victory ⓘ
result considered a major polling upset ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 630 ⓘ
outcome change of government ⓘ
pointInTime 1970 ⓘ
previousElection United Kingdom general election, 1966 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Edward Heath ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Harold Wilson ⓘ
reasonForElection dissolution of Parliament by Harold Wilson ⓘ
thirdParty Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988) ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)
turnout 72.0% ⓘ
turnoutChange -3.8 percentage points ⓘ
wasEarlyElection true ⓘ
wasUnexpected true ⓘ

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Jeremy Thorpe → participantIn → United Kingdom general election, 1970 ⓘ
February 1974 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectionResult → 1970 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
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Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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United Kingdom general election, 1966 → nextElection → United Kingdom general election, 1970 ⓘ
Labour government (Harold Wilson, 1964–1970) → lostPowerIn → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Labour government
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David Madel → election → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Dennis Skinner → electedIn → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Heath government → cameToPowerVia → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Bristol North West → hasElectionResult → 1970 United Kingdom general election in Bristol North West ⓘ
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South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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Conservative government of Edward Heath → formedAfter → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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45th Parliament of the United Kingdom → formedByElection → 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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1970–1971 Parliament of the United Kingdom → formedByElection → June 1970 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
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