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1970 United Kingdom general election
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<h2 id="election-date">Election date</h2> <p>The date of 18 June was supposedly chosen because <a href="/facts/Harold_Wilson/0CU8qKJ4">Harold Wilson</a> wanted as <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom/Uf40UlBb">Prime Minister</a> to go to the polls before the <a href="/facts/Decimal_Day/Utw66PIk">introduction of decimal coinage</a> in early 1971, for which his government had been responsible and which he thought was hugely unpopular,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> and because Wilson sought to gain some momentum by surprising the <a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservatives</a>, who were expecting an October election.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Commentators believed that an unexpectedly bad set of balance of payments figures (a £31-million trade deficit) published three days before the election and a loss of national prestige after the England football team's defeat by West Germany on 14 June in the <a href="/facts/1970_FIFA_World_Cup/2X8zqfLd">World Cup</a> contributed to the <a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a> defeat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <p>Other factors that were cited as reasons for the Conservative victory included union indiscipline, rising prices, the risk of devaluation, the imposition of <a href="/facts/Selective_Employment_Tax/M9jnAx0v">Selective Employment Tax</a> (SET), and a set of jobless figures released on final week of the campaign showing unemployment at its highest level since 1940. Interviewed by <a href="/facts/Robin_Day/S1K55o2M">Robin Day</a>, the outgoing Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Harold_Wilson/0CU8qKJ4">Harold Wilson</a> highlighted the possibility that "complacency engendered by the opinion polls" may have resulted in a poor turnout of Labour supporters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>As <a href="/facts/1966_FIFA_World_Cup/C7XzzY4A">defending world champions</a>, England's venture in the World Cup attracted a much keener public interest than the general election did.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> However an analysis by pollster <a href="/facts/Matt_Singh/LX3XKyUj">Matt Singh</a> for the 50th anniversary of the election concluded that the late swing had been caused by the weak economic data and that there was "no evidence" that the World Cup had influenced the outcome.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>American pollster Douglas Schoen and <a href="/facts/Oxford_University/ExVVQL6V">Oxford University</a> academic <a href="/facts/R._W._Johnson/ARxLVNC8">R. W. Johnson</a> asserted that <a href="/facts/Enoch_Powell/rc0TPPt9">Enoch Powell</a> had attracted 2.5 million votes to the Conservatives, although the Conservative vote only increased by 1.7 million. Johnson later stated "It became clear that Powell had won the 1970 election for the Tories ... of all those who had switched their vote from one party to another, 50 per cent were working class Powellites".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The Professor of Political Science <a href="/facts/Randall_Hansen/7FXNgAuo">Randall Hansen</a> assessed a range of studies, including some which contended that Powell had made little or no difference to the result, but concluded that "At the very least, Powell's effect was likely to have fired up the Conservative vote in constituencies which would have voted Tory in any event".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> Election night commentators <a href="/facts/Michael_Barratt_(television_presenter)/rK5SBX2p">Michael Barratt</a> and Jeffrey Preece dismissed any special "Powell factor", as did Conservative MPs <a href="/facts/Reginald_Maudling/vLxVypJ5">Reginald Maudling</a>, <a href="/facts/Timothy_Raison/ohuMpTVt">Timothy Raison</a> and <a href="/facts/Hugh_Dykes/TUKA6HoM">Hugh Dykes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>The 1970–74 Parliament has to date been the only time since the 1924–29 Parliament in which the Conservative Party were only in government for one term before returning to opposition. </p><p>The most notable casualty of the election was <a href="/facts/George_Brown%2c_Baron_George-Brown/9647LokS">George Brown</a>, deputy leader of the Labour Party, who lost to the Conservative candidate in the <a href="/facts/Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/XXCCEUwq">Belper</a> constituency. Brown had held the seat since 1945. Labour <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Arts_and_Heritage/z2v0775q">Minister for the Arts</a>, <a href="/facts/Jennie_Lee%2c_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge/TdGVU5b0">Jennie Lee</a> lost her <a href="/facts/Cannock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/WLdkY1wL">Cannock</a> seat, held by Labour since <a href="/facts/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election/bKcTmneV">1935</a> on a swing of 10.7% to the Conservatives in what <a href="/facts/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)/mVqWbhPX">Richard Rose</a> called "the biggest upset" of the election.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>Unusually for the <a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal Party</a>, the by-elections between 1966 and 1970 had proved almost fruitless, with many Liberal candidates losing deposits. The one exception was its <a href="/facts/1969_Birmingham_Ladywood_by-election/U29cdoem">by-election gain of Birmingham Ladywood</a> in June 1969; this was promptly lost in the 1970 general election. The party found itself struggling to introduce its new leader <a href="/facts/Jeremy_Thorpe/8QIH2I6A">Jeremy Thorpe</a> to the public, owing to the extensive coverage and attention paid to <a href="/facts/Enoch_Powell/rc0TPPt9">Enoch Powell</a>. The election result was poor for the Liberals, with Thorpe only narrowly winning his own seat in <a href="/facts/North_Devon/vytR7Hw4">North Devon</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> Indeed, of the six MPs returned, three (Thorpe, <a href="/facts/David_Steel/vy4aVEN3">David Steel</a> and <a href="/facts/John_Pardoe/rjAS7CBx">John Pardoe</a>) were elected by a majority of less than 1,000 votes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>The BBC's election coverage was led by <a href="/facts/Cliff_Michelmore/FvPN2KWN">Cliff Michelmore</a>, along with <a href="/facts/Robin_Day/S1K55o2M">Robin Day</a>, <a href="/facts/David_Butler_(psephologist)/xDgmfhPn">David Butler</a> and <a href="/facts/Robert_McKenzie_(psephologist)/B0BH35ud">Robert McKenzie</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> There were periodic cutaways to the BBC regions. This coverage has been rerun on <a href="/facts/BBC_Parliament/R8SCUzuf">BBC Parliament</a> on several occasions, including on 18 July 2005 as a tribute to <a href="/facts/Edward_Heath/uduKQcHs">Edward Heath</a> after his death the previous day. Its most recent screening was on the 20th of June 2020, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its first transmission.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> The BBC coverage was parodied by <i><a href="/facts/Monty_Python%2527s_Flying_Circus/9HlYg0er">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a></i> in its famous "<a href="/facts/Election_Night_Special/fdgVjEzT">Election Night Special</a>" sketch. </p><p>Both BBC and <a href="/facts/ITN/SYYJ94jL">ITN</a> carried their 1970 election night broadcasts in colour, although segments broadcast from some remote locations and some BBC and ITN regional bureaus were transmitted in black-and-white. Some <a href="/facts/ITV_(TV_network)/pIlD3oza">ITV</a> regions were not yet broadcasting in colour at the time of the 1970 elections. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Right_to_vote/HFFSpSCG">right to vote</a> in this election was widened by the Labour government's <a href="/facts/Sixth_Reform_Act/Pbb3nAgN">Sixth Reform Act</a>, which reduced the <a href="/facts/Voting_age/RfW4LC4G">voting age</a> from 21 to 18 years. The United Kingdom was the first major democratic nation to extend suffrage to this age group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> Case law subsequently established the right for <a href="/facts/Undergraduate_students/GVvPMLFN">undergraduate students</a> to vote in the constituency of their university. This followed an appeal to the <a href="/facts/High_Court_of_Justice/TmjKkjUX">High Court</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="timeline">Timeline</h2> <p>The Prime Minister, <a href="/facts/Harold_Wilson/0CU8qKJ4">Harold Wilson</a>, visited <a href="/facts/Buckingham_Palace/mJfLsoNJ">Buckingham Palace</a> on 18 May and asked the Queen to <a href="/facts/Dissolution_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom/26qm5w9g">dissolve Parliament</a> on 29 May, announcing that the election would be held on 18 June. The key dates were as follows: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td>Friday 29 May</td><td>Dissolution of the <a href="/facts/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1966_United_Kingdom_general_election/W2p4G18j">44th Parliament</a> and campaigning officially begins</td></tr><tr><td>Monday 8 June</td><td>Last day to file nomination papers</td></tr><tr><td>Wednesday 17 June</td><td>Campaigning officially ends</td></tr><tr><td>Thursday 18 June</td><td>Polling day</td></tr><tr><td>Friday 19 June</td><td>The Conservative Party wins power with a majority of 31</td></tr><tr><td>Monday 29 June</td><td><a href="/facts/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election/qMDzn7Wd">45th Parliament</a> assembles</td></tr><tr><td>Thursday 2 July</td><td><a href="/facts/State_Opening_of_Parliament/NEpfamKf">State Opening of Parliament</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="opinion-poll-summary">Opinion poll summary</h2> <p>Summary of the final polling results before the general election.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Marplan</th><th>Gallup</th><th>National opinion polls (NOP)</th><th>Opinion Research Centre (OPC)</th><th>Harris</th></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>41.5%</td><td>42.0%</td><td>44.1%</td><td>46.5%</td><td>46.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>50.2%</td><td>49.0%</td><td>48.2%</td><td>45.5%</td><td>48.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a></td><td>7.0%</td><td>7.5%</td><td>6.4%</td><td>6.5%</td><td>5.0%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Other_parties/0m9wI5Ie">Other parties</a></td><td>1.3%</td><td>1.5%</td><td>1.3%</td><td>1.5%</td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" scope="row">Labour lead</th><td>8.7%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>4.1%</td><td>−1.0%</td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Fieldwork dates</th><td>11–14 June</td><td>14–16 June</td><td>12–16 June</td><td>13–17 June</td><td>20 May – 16 June</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Sample size</th><td>2,267</td><td>2,190</td><td>1,562</td><td>1,583</td><td>4,841</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="results">Results</h2> <p>This was the first general election where 18-year-olds had the right to vote. Therefore, despite 1.1 million more people voting in 1970 compared to 1966, turnout actually fell by 3%. This 72% turnout was the lowest since <a href="/facts/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election/bKcTmneV">the 1935 general election</a> and compared with a post-War high of 84% in <a href="/facts/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election/4FrnGYLu">1950</a>. <a href="/facts/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)/mVqWbhPX">Professor Richard Rose</a> described the low turnout, which he noted was "one of the lowest since the introduction of the democratic franchise", as surprising to politician and pollsters. Changes to electoral law as part of the <a href="/facts/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1969/Pbb3nAgN">Representation of the People Act 1969</a> had made postal voting easier and polling stations were open an hour later than in past elections, and this would have been expected to improve turnout. On top of this it was reported by Rose that an estimated 25% of 18- to 21-year-olds who were now eligible to vote had not put their names on the electoral register, meaning the turnout was even lower than the percentage figure suggested. Rose also argued that the turnout figures in Britain were "now among the lowest in the Western world."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> Because the previous election had been in 1966, some people had not had their chance to vote in a general election until the age of 25. Labour's number of votes, 12.2 million, was ironically the same amount they had needed to win in 1964. The Conservative vote surge cost Labour in many marginal seats. Rose suggested the absolute fall in the number of Labour votes suggested that many of the party's supporters had decided to abstain. He also noted that the Labour Party's local organisation was poorer than that of the Conservatives, but did not feel this was a significant factor in Labour supporters failing to come out to vote for the Party given that this organisational difference had been the case in past elections without having this effect.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> For the Liberals, a small 1% drop in their vote share saw them lose 6 seats, 3 of which were held by the narrowest of margins. </p><p>In the end the Conservatives achieved a swing of 4.7%, enough to give them a comfortable working majority. As for the smaller parties, they increased their number in the Commons from 2 to 6 seats. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Scottish_National_Party/szB9zEcs">Scottish National Party</a> won its first ever seat at a general election (they had won several by-elections previously, going back as far as <a href="/facts/1945_Motherwell_by-election/TdzvVs6a">1945</a>), although they did lose Hamilton, which they won in a by-election in 1967. </p> UK General Election 1970All parties shown.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th colspan="3"></th><th colspan="6">Candidates</th><th colspan="3">Votes</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Leader</th><th>Stood</th><th>Elected</th><th>Gained</th><th>Unseated</th><th>Net</th><th>% of total</th><th>%</th><th>No.</th><th>Net %</th></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Edward_Heath/uduKQcHs">Edward Heath</a></td><td>628</td><td>330</td><td>80</td><td>3</td><td>+77</td><td>52.4</td><td>46.4</td><td>13,145,123</td><td>+4.5</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Wilson/0CU8qKJ4">Harold Wilson</a></td><td>625</td><td>288<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/pYHEn8eB">1</a></td><td>77</td><td>−76</td><td>45.7</td><td>43.1</td><td>12,208,758</td><td>−4.9</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Jeremy_Thorpe/8QIH2I6A">Jeremy Thorpe</a></td><td>332</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>−6</td><td>1.0</td><td>7.5</td><td>2,117,035</td><td>−1.0</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_National_Party/szB9zEcs">SNP</a></td><td><a href="/facts/William_Wolfe/9NKeTxJF">William Wolfe</a></td><td>65</td><td><a href="/facts/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/H13lkIqH">1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/H13lkIqH">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>+1</td><td>0.2</td><td>1.1</td><td>306,802</td><td>+0.6</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Plaid_Cymru/YbAuvqW8">Plaid Cymru</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gwynfor_Evans/mGEaaUcW">Gwynfor Evans</a></td><td>36</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.6</td><td>175,016</td><td>+0.4</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Unity_(Northern_Ireland)/lTmHygmd">Unity</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>+2</td><td>0.3</td><td>0.50</td><td>140,930</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Independent_politician/Pzzvg0CC">Independent</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>40</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>39,264</td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain/GFF6JLpS">Communist</a></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Gollan/Qr5z2foc">John Gollan</a></td><td>58</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>37,970</td><td>−0.1</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Protestant_Unionist_Party/q8xPDNGp">Protestant Unionist</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ian_Paisley/PYKeB5FD">Ian Paisley</a></td><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/kxyfWqQV">1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/kxyfWqQV">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>+1</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.1</td><td>35,303</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Labour_Party/cWocj20c">Republican Labour</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gerry_Fitt/BTTKqkJS">Gerry Fitt</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/TeYAMkFC">1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/TeYAMkFC">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.1</td><td>30,649</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Independent_Labour/Pzzvg0CC">Independent Labour</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/r9ySxm1S">1</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/r9ySxm1S">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>+1</td><td>0.2</td><td>0.1</td><td>24,685</td><td>+0.1</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Independent_Conservative/L2j1RMa6">Ind. Conservative</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>24,014</td><td>+0.1</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(UK%2c_1969)/Idl1Fs6Y">Democratic Party</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Desmond_Donnelly/nQmsSWvH">Desmond Donnelly</a></td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>15,292</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/National_Democratic_Party_(UK%2c_1966)/a23VFb2A">National Democratic</a></td><td>David Brown</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.1</td><td>14,276</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/National_Front_(United_Kingdom)/u7A6rRn7">National Front</a></td><td><a href="/facts/John_O%2527Brien_(British_politician)/gEC1mjJa">John O'Brien</a></td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>11,449</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/National_Democratic_Party_(Northern_Ireland)/kXkC8sxI">National Democratic</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gerry_Quigley/RzvEw3Gy">Gerry Quigley</a></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>10,349</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Vectis_National_Party/gskVkdnF">Vectis National Party</a></td><td>R. W. Cawdell</td><td><a href="/facts/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/5wWIuYrA">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>1,607</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Independent_Liberal/9jtDBFv9">Independent Liberal</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>1,456</td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/World_Government_Party/dDz51Vve">World Government</a></td><td>Gilbert Young</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>1,016</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Mebyon_Kernow/eHIxaqTk">Mebyon Kernow</a></td><td>Len Truran</td><td><a href="/facts/Falmouth_and_Camborne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/aotnCWeT">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>960</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Independent_Labour_Party/GRGTGxW0">Ind. Labour Party</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Emrys_Thomas/GQUlADTJ">Emrys Thomas</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Halifax_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/Mkzj73y1">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>847</td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/British_Movement/fxngKEG5">British Movement</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Colin_Jordan/McKdmf26">Colin Jordan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Aston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/LTKAXdUv">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>704</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td>Independent Progressive</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Norwich_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/5VpLgaJC">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>658</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain/1oo2xGHk">Socialist (GB)</a></td><td><i>N/A</i></td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>376</td><td>0.0</td></tr><tr><th> </th><td><a href="/facts/Young_Ideas_Party/vsjU5FjP">Young Ideas</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Screaming_Lord_Sutch/vsjU5FjP">Screaming Lord Sutch</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/ay5DuR5s">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>142</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr><tr><th> </th><td>British Commonwealth</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Small_Heath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/mKm0VhdT">1</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.0</td><td>117</td><td><i>N/A</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td>Government's new majority</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Total votes cast</td><td>28,305,534</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>72%</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Votes summary</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Seats summary</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="televised-declarations">Televised declarations</h2> <p>These declarations were covered live by the BBC where the returning officer was heard to say "duly elected". </p> From BBC Parliament Replay<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Constituency</th><th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Winning party 1966</th><th colspan="4" rowspan="1">Constituency result by party</th><th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Winning party 1970</th></tr><tr><th>Con</th><th>Lab</th><th>Lib</th><th>Others</th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/RAFAPnGT">Guildford</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>27,203</td><td>13,108</td><td>8,822</td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Cheltenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/NpPweApY">Cheltenham</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>22,823</td><td>14,213</td><td>8,431</td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Salford_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/CEy9tKfb">Salford West</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>14,310</td><td>16,986</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Wolverhampton_North_East/tx9lbqHr">Wolverhampton North East</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>15,358</td><td>17,251</td><td></td><td>1,592</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Salford_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/0xy1Qwgd">Salford East</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>9,583</td><td>15,853</td><td>3,000</td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Wolverhampton_South_West/na23UITm">Wolverhampton South West</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>26,252</td><td>11,753</td><td>2,459</td><td>318</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Central/Cq7Y3x0j">Newcastle upon Tyne Central</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>4,256</td><td>13,671</td><td>1,433</td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_North/XwcscfXB">Newcastle upon Tyne North</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td>15,978</td><td>12,518</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Exeter_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/ntJTuCse">Exeter</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td>21,680</td><td>20,409</td><td>6,672</td><td></td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> gain</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/North_Devon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/fATUG1aS">North Devon</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a></td><td>18,524</td><td>5,268</td><td>18,893</td><td>175</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a> hold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/West_Aberdeenshire/tUNzAhL5">West Aberdeenshire</a></th><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a></td><td>18,396</td><td>6,141</td><td>12,847</td><td>2,112</td><td></td><td scope="row"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a> gain</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="incumbents-defeated">Incumbents defeated</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Name</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Office held whilst in Parliament or by-election</th><th>Defeated by</th><th colspan="2">Party</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="62"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Dewar/vwcAadHQ">Donald Dewar</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aberdeen_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/ufoyskIm">Aberdeen South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Iain_Sproat/S84N8cnE">Iain Sproat</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Edwin_Brooks/xjYTLU4S">Edwin Brooks</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bebington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/vUn0QClS">Bebington</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Cockeram/k7Basslv">Eric Cockeram</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Brian_Parkyn/wJnYlEq9">Brian Parkyn</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bedford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/7SQwj9Iu">Bedford</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Trevor_Skeet/0wEtsURD">Trevor Skeet</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Gwilym_Roberts/W6kuMczD">Gwilym Roberts</a></td><td><a href="/facts/South_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/W1sdg305">Bedfordshire South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Madel/lQ8FTvl2">David Madel</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Brown%2c_Baron_George-Brown/9647LokS">George Brown</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/XXCCEUwq">Belper</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)/twzCAjJB">Deputy Leader of the Labour Party</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Stewart-Smith/3Vjp9775">Geoffrey Stewart-Smith</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Moonman/qNQ6Y77U">Eric Moonman</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Billericay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/pX98XSfb">Billericay</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_McCrindle/dTSF8teS">Robert McCrindle</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Christopher_Price_(politician)/yppdag51">Christopher Price</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Perry_Barr/XmgeYWUD">Birmingham Perry Barr</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Joseph_Kinsey_(politician)/eoNgXnlY">Joseph Kinsey</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ioan_Evans_(politician)/Q8F85EQ1">Ioan Evans</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Yardley/CCLKLD3J">Birmingham Yardley</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Comptroller_of_the_Household/6zunRpJB">Comptroller of the Household</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Derek_Coombs/1nyNR2Ik">Derek Coombs</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Howarth/D72bxXSn">Robert Howarth</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bolton_East/11TqJ7eh">Bolton East</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Laurance_Reed/3YKNGyXB">Laurance Reed</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Gordon_Oakes/rfCbTKEU">Gordon Oakes</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bolton_West/WD3CLLmh">Bolton West</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Redmond/sDju5fQ5">Robert Redmond</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Woodrow_Wyatt/8JTvIhmu">Woodrow Wyatt</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bosworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/RTIUV4qf">Bosworth</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Adam_Butler_(British_politician)/p3mguJV7">Adam Butler</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Norman_Haseldine/sApGYE3p">Norman Haseldine</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bradford_West/qUATXKyR">Bradford West</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Wilkinson_(British_politician)/dAshBEW6">John Wilkinson</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Colin_Jackson_(politician)/XyvklUEG">Colin Jackson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Brighouse_and_Spenborough/e7YDzt9j">Brighouse and Spenborough</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Wilfred_Proudfoot/elYScIzR">Wilfred Proudfoot</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Dennis_Hobden/s4UVuHbx">Dennis Hobden</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Brighton_Kemptown/wtmD56p8">Brighton Kemptown</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Andrew_Bowden/n8DBJAVG">Andrew Bowden</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Raymond_Dobson/5ghEojYu">Raymond Dobson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bristol_North_East/gVELLTz2">Bristol North East</a></td><td>Assistant Whip</td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Adley/JNF1lLUv">Robert Adley</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Ellis_(Labour_politician)/wq6tQ261">John Ellis</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Bristol_North_West/KqdFKySV">Bristol North West</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Martin_McLaren/K7n8b5Hy">Martin McLaren</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Maxwell/JPJxeouV">Robert Maxwell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Buckingham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/vM7RFeUT">Buckingham</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Bill_Benyon/CAXTVX7j">William Benyon</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Jennie_Lee%2c_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge/TdGVU5b0">Jennie Lee</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cannock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/WLdkY1wL">Cannock</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Minister_for_the_Arts_(United_Kingdom)/z2v0775q">Minister for the Arts</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Patrick_Cormack/UgaUq9RP">Patrick Cormack</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ted_Rowlands/pBN7Qh2N">Ted Rowlands</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cardiff_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/oK3fzUU2">Cardiff North</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Roberts_(politician)/mcQLYeyT">Michael Roberts</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Alistair_Macdonald/2lJV81Kk">Alistair Macdonald</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/GUBlwx0r">Chislehurst</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Patricia_Hornsby-Smith/gqRmXkcN">Patricia Hornsby-Smith</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ednyfed_Hudson_Davies/jJKnQhwG">Ednyfed Hudson Davies</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Conway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/p5FJb7ny">Conway</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Wyn_Roberts/XgtC4G1V">Wyn Roberts</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Winnick/1NXVEnx0">David Winnick</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Croydon_South_(historic_UK_Parliament_constituency)/QBtp1bEF">Croydon South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Sir_Richard_Thompson%2c_1st_Baronet/hBjuUXB8">Richard Thompson</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Sydney_Irving/JVK9HjXR">Sydney Irving</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dartford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/cPHh8WzU">Dartford</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means/IjjCdmwo">Chairman of Ways and Means</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Trew/0CdEz36v">Peter Trew</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Ennals/JvscJ5rz">David Ennals</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dover_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/nI87K7XK">Dover</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Minister_of_State_for_Social_Services/EK9jzkzE">Minister of State for Social Services</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Rees%2c_Baron_Rees/b1uktEqb">Peter Rees</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Stan_Newens/olmEE1o4">Stan Newens</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Epping_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/V8b4ApyH">Epping</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Norman_Tebbit/XYT6CPHV">Norman Tebbit</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Gwyneth_Dunwoody/05EeuT3E">Gwyneth Dunwoody</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Exeter_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/ntJTuCse">Exeter</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Parliamentary_Secretary/GN6g4pXK">Parliamentary Secretary</a> at the <a href="/facts/Board_of_Trade/Mq05NlvK">Board of Trade</a></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Hannam/CqgLEkvI">John Hannam</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Dunwoody/aRQQ5m3j">John Dunwoody</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Falmouth_and_Camborne/aotnCWeT">Falmouth and Camborne</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Mudd/h8M1BFr0">David Mudd</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Terence_Boston/1LYLpmg8">Terence Boston</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Faversham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/nF2R2Rcq">Faversham</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Roger_Moate/qCu91GGH">Roger Moate</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Jack_Diamond%2c_Baron_Diamond/ezRh6U3F">John Diamond</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/N9YV5xpU">Gloucester</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury/3gDWqw69">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sally_Oppenheim/0301lyff">Sally Oppenheim</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Albert_Murray%2c_Baron_Murray_of_Gravesend/EUwYfglB">Albert Murray</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gravesend_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/5Sgndz9U">Gravesend</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Ministry_of_Transport/Gd6rB18G">Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roger_Lowrey_White/QDoTV4ka">Roger White</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ben_Whitaker_(politician)/GySUrzSR">Ben Whitaker</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/SDt9tcon">Hampstead</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Parliamentary_Secretary/GN6g4pXK">Parliamentary Secretary</a> to the <a href="/facts/Minister_of_Overseas_Development/NIx1WRsL">Minister of Overseas Development</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Finsberg/kzdrdP7A">Geoffrey Finsberg</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Roy_Roebuck/DHnVYQrX">Roy Roebuck</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Harrow_East/08DXuduY">Harrow East</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hugh_Dykes/TUKA6HoM">Hugh Dykes</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Jackson_(politician)/YwQ1jUcr">Peter Jackson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/High_Peak_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/78ltWQsP">High Peak</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Spencer_Le_Marchant/TcvwIQgX">Spencer Le Marchant</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Lee_Williams/vdW4VnPr">Alan Lee Williams</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/dPsD7q6s">Hornchurch</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Loveridge/1fwHLVmI">John Loveridge</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Arnold_Shaw_(politician)/pDnp2Mx4">Arnold Shaw</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ilford_South/uaLxnjn3">Ilford South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Albert_Cooper_(UK_politician)/MIX7yNRq">Albert Cooper</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Dingle_Foot/MYEBX79H">Dingle Foot</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ipswich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/ms8sq8cJ">Ipswich</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales/KvnyUq3d">Solicitor General for England and Wales</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ernle_Money/738eskmL">Ernle Money</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Binns_(British_politician)/7jjKEsCj">John Binns</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Keighley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/1oFq768N">Keighley</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Joan_Hall_(UK_politician)/r9hWhTUX">Joan Hall</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Derek_Page%2c_Baron_Whaddon/ITdJqass">John Page</a></td><td><a href="/facts/King%2527s_Lynn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/2qaog1sd">King's Lynn</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Christopher_Brocklebank-Fowler/j7z4jzan">Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Stanley_Henig/dakGKGVX">Stanley Henig</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lancaster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/YL82BSHH">Lancaster</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Elaine_Kellett-Bowman/polDk5Wa">Elaine Kellett-Bowman</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Harold_Davies%2c_Baron_Davies_of_Leek/4cjzYPpp">Harold Davies</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Leek_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/3azdnhjM">Leek</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister/E6rGQS8L">Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Knox_(UK_politician)/9xelEY9C">David Knox</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/James_Dickens/jmuQeEnR">James Dickens</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/sJ45BQeI">Lewisham West</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Gummer/bRDLsyKJ">John Gummer</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/William_Howie/SbFGoJTb">William Howie</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Luton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/CxmxK1e4">Luton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Comptroller_of_the_Household/6zunRpJB">Comptroller of the Household</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Simeons/oVm51nGt">Charles Simeons</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Jeremy_Bray/rwm4rIHn">Jeremy Bray</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Middlesbrough_West/tQt7PA8m">Middlesbrough West</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Sutcliffe_(British_politician)/SAosbsz6">John Sutcliffe</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Denis_Coe/FQN0HXtH">Denis Coe</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Middleton_and_Prestwich/e5sb1Qcy">Middleton and Prestwich</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Haselhurst/dM7zTs4A">Alan Haselhurst</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Anderson%2c_Baron_Anderson_of_Swansea/sT5b5swB">Donald Anderson</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Monmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/fAjs50XH">Monmouth</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Stradling_Thomas/wADtHNmg">John Stradling Thomas</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Bert_Hazell/XwlMbk4k">Bert Hazell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/North_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/Da4TIoJv">Norfolk North</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ralph_Howell/Mk9614cf">Ralph Howell</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Perry_(British_politician)/mE4B9nzg">George Perry</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nottingham_South/YoFGVuPD">Nottingham South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Norman_Fowler/eFeB9fzy">Norman Fowler</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Horner_(British_politician)/l3SnabAo">John Horner</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Oldbury_and_Halesowen/9F2xRed2">Oldbury and Halesowen</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Heydon_Stokes/EYR0EjwH">John Stokes</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Evan_Luard/V8TwwBkX">Evan Luard</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Oxford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/351Wqgbq">Oxford</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Montague_Woodhouse%2c_5th_Baron_Terrington/9RdFQX8e">Montague Woodhouse</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ronald_Atkins/y8EA4QXD">Ronald Atkins</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Preston_North/P64PSMyB">Preston North</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Mary_Holt/U64G1xEB">Mary Holt</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Peter_Mahon_(politician)/nG0VS1u6">Peter Mahon</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Preston_South/nuX9VKb2">Preston South</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Alan_Green_(MP)/hrXqRp5M">Alan Green</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Lee_(Labour_politician)/9LKQ0F2x">John Lee</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Reading_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/tkmQr7QC">Reading</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Gerard_Vaughan_(British_politician)/02cNycUA">Gerard Vaughan</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Anne_Kerr_(politician)/TzNorT2n">Anne Kerr</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Rochester_and_Chatham/tCmEBLPr">Rochester and Chatham</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Peggy_Fenner/kQfLWm4K">Peggy Fenner</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Antony_Gardner/hcjMmYS2">Antony Gardner</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Rushcliffe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/gUYnggFe">Rushcliffe</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_Clarke/WGY86MPx">Kenneth Clarke</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Frank_Hooley/0cyaTxay">Frank Hooley</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sheffield_Heeley/XlqTJejy">Sheffield Heeley</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Deane_Spence/yxEYr7GM">John Spence</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Bob_Mitchell_(British_politician)/yzp9HD9L">Bob Mitchell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Southampton_Test/74BzcBXI">Southampton Test</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/James_Hill_(Conservative_politician)/Ir0Tbp5G">James Hill</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Arnold_Gregory/UeSxDwqe">Arnold Gregory</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Stockport_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/UN9saUkH">Stockport North</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Idris_Owen/l9k7HEby">Idris Owen</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Ernest_Davies_(Stretford_MP)/NDEyhjba">Ernest Davies</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Stretford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/5wMKwX8K">Stretford</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Winston_Churchill_(1940%25E2%2580%25932010)/VoNYNwHr">Winston Churchill</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Gerry_Fowler/3YI5Kvzl">Gerald Fowler</a></td><td><a href="/facts/The_Wrekin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/57X74G7t">The Wrekin</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Anthony_Trafford/Ddvh7BJV">Anthony Trafford</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Ryan_(British_politician)/NqprFXDU">John Ryan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Uxbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/xKQgcB0x">Uxbridge</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Curran_(politician)/fggz4k4n">Charles Curran</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Malcolm_Macmillan/I6jhczxY">Malcolm Macmillan</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/H13lkIqH">Western Isles</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Stewart_(Scottish_politician)/m3kys1zV">Donald Stewart</a></td><th></th><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_National_Party/szB9zEcs">Scottish National Party</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"></td><td><a href="/facts/Hugh_Gray_(politician)/VlmBaygW">Hugh Gray</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/55hFg1lx">Yarmouth</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Anthony_Fell_(politician)/Qps0nhKx">Anthony Fell</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="6"><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_Baker%2c_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking/lPx5jlrq">Kenneth Baker</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Acton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/QnpoCWlQ">Acton</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1968_Acton_by-election/od3SxxPu">1968 Acton by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nigel_Spearing/mH7tmkBT">Nigel Spearing</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Donald_Williams_(politician)/sgnLwefz">Donald Williams</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dudley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/PTHWou68">Dudley</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1968_Dudley_by-election/nNpe3xlV">1968 Dudley by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Gilbert%2c_Baron_Gilbert/nMhAzSmF">John Gilbert</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Esmond_Wright/AX0wVWH7">Esmond Wright</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Glasgow_Pollok_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/FqoNl8xI">Glasgow Pollok</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1967_Glasgow_Pollok_by-election/EjNQMJF8">1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/James_White_(Scottish_politician)/A3HLpdWx">James White</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Bruce_Campbell_(barrister)/7bJNBMMC">Bruce Campbell</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Oldham_West/f8DnKMI8">Oldham West</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1968_Oldham_West_by-election/VoPkB6Sq">1968 Oldham West by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Meacher/yNCT3Qe3">Michael Meacher</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Christopher_Ward_(British_politician)/ucB9hEqe">Christopher Ward</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Swindon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/BgKjlkyW">Swindon</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1969_Swindon_by-election/SUE1Dc48">1969 Swindon by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Stoddart%2c_Baron_Stoddart_of_Swindon/hHzFbejX">David Stoddart</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Fred_Silvester/nyItuFmj">Fred Silvester</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Walthamstow_West/B2Qw4NLt">Walthamstow West</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1967_Walthamstow_West_by-election/z8bEaav8">1967 Walthamstow West by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Deakins/RkDHwRv3">Eric Deakins</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Wallace_Lawler/q3WDAYRU">Wallace Lawler</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Birmingham_Ladywood/6HgG3CNY">Birmingham Ladywood</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1969_Birmingham_Ladywood_by-election/U29cdoem">1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Doris_Fisher%2c_Baroness_Fisher_of_Rednal/gqQRd6hP">Doris Fisher</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Winstanley/2rgsVmWG">Michael Winstanley</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cheadle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/EXpRMfKC">Cheadle</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Tom_Normanton/o09uGh4n">Tom Normanton</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Wainwright_(politician)/uGvISVz8">Richard Wainwright</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/pYHEn8eB">Colne Valley</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Clark%2c_Baron_Clark_of_Windermere/K0LIa7AC">David Clark</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Eric_Lubbock/wRtmYR0n">Eric Lubbock</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/o927RW7q">Orpington</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Liberal_Chief_Whip/xnkVv7k4">Liberal Chief Whip</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ivor_Stanbrook/V7RHak4y">Ivor Stanbrook</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Alasdair_Mackenzie/eFRt25CY">Alasdair Mackenzie</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ross_and_Cromarty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/JIWl8kUC">Ross and Cromarty</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Hamish_Gray/HgT5mmmQ">Hamish Gray</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ulster_Unionist/ebuHX6nt">Ulster Unionist</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Henry_Clark_(Northern_Irish_politician)/xA5YbYaf">Henry Clark</a></td><td><a href="/facts/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/kxyfWqQV">Antrim North</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ian_Paisley/PYKeB5FD">Ian Paisley</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Unionist/j6eGQmSr">Democratic Unionist</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><td><a href="/facts/James_Hamilton%2c_5th_Duke_of_Abercorn/1Du8srPu">James Hamilton</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/r63uazMv">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Frank_McManus_(Irish_politician)/tLGdmDWG">Frank McManus</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Unity_(Northern_Ireland)/lTmHygmd">Unity</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><td><a href="/facts/Scottish_National_Party/szB9zEcs">Scottish National Party</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Winnie_Ewing/7rhyCqXc">Winnie Ewing</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hamilton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/nEV4yoVE">Hamilton</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1967_Hamilton_by-election/G5xQK5g0">1967 Hamilton by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Wilson_(Scottish_politician)/gjequqXh">Alex Wilson</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th></th><td><a href="/facts/Plaid_Cymru/YbAuvqW8">Plaid Cymru</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gwynfor_Evans/mGEaaUcW">Gwynfor Evans</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Carmarthen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/LcpJF8l8">Carmarthen</a></td><td>Elected in the <a href="/facts/1966_Carmarthen_by-election/3RXNf1ml">1966 Carmarthen by-election</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gwynoro_Jones/lXH6WWVN">Gwynoro Jones</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(UK%2c_1969)/Idl1Fs6Y">Democratic Party</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Desmond_Donnelly/nQmsSWvH">Desmond Donnelly</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Pembrokeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/jewRRNBR">Pembrokeshire</a></td><td>Former Labour MP</td><td><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Edwards/9LBqKWWT">Nicholas Edwards</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election/qMDzn7Wd">List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland/5E1VmAfR">1970 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland/RzG7p4yH">1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_England/ygCjqFQ2">1970 United Kingdom general election in England</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections/H4QI7WJY">1970 United Kingdom local elections</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/David_Butler_(psephologist)/xDgmfhPn">Butler, David E.</a>; et al. (1971), <i>The British General Election of 1970</i>, the standard scholarly study.</li> <li><a href="/facts/F._W._S._Craig/HIW0GcFY">Craig, F. W. S.</a> (1989), <i>British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987</i>, Dartmouth: Gower, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0900178302</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1970 United Kingdom general election. <ul><li><a href="http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html">United Kingdom election results—summary results 1885–1979</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080223222448/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html">Archived</a> 23 February 2008 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h3>Manifestos</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100213135915/http://www.conservative-party.net/manifestos/1970/1970-conservative-manifesto.shtml"><i>A Better Tomorrow</i></a>, 1970 Conservative Party manifesto</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170509104426/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lab70.htm"><i>Now Britain's strong – let's make it great to live in</i></a>, 1970 Labour Party manifesto</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170516071332/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lib70.htm"><i>What a Life!</i></a>, 1970 Liberal Party manifesto</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>HC Deb 10 December 1968 vol 775 cc242-87 <a href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1968/dec/10/use-of-political-descriptions-in" target="_blank">https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1968/dec/10/use-of-political-descriptions-in</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Richard Rose (1970). "Voting Trends Surveyed". The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Limited. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>George Clark (1970). "The General Election Campaign, 1970". The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Limited. p. 26. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Keohane, Dan (2000), Security in British Politics 1945–99, p. 183 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Bell, Stuart; Seldon, Anthony, The Heath Government 1970–74: A Reappraisal <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Haines, Joe (2003), Glimmers of Twilight, London: Politico's Publishers <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Haines, Joe (2003), Glimmers of Twilight, London: Politico's Publishers <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"1970: Heath's surprise victory", BBC News, 5 April 2005, retrieved 31 May 2018 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>BBC Election Results Programme, 18–19 July 1970 <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Heath: The victory few predicted", BBC News, retrieved 31 May 2018 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/1970_over.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/1970_over.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Did England's World Cup defeat win the 1970 election for the Tories?". CapX. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020. <a href="https://capx.co/did-englands-world-cup-defeat-win-the-1970-election-for-the-conservatives/" target="_blank">https://capx.co/did-englands-world-cup-defeat-win-the-1970-election-for-the-conservatives/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Heffer, Simon (1999), Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell, London: Phoenix, p. 568 <a href="/wiki/Like_the_Roman:_The_Life_of_Enoch_Powell" target="_blank">/wiki/Like_the_Roman:_The_Life_of_Enoch_Powell</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Hansen, Randell (2000), Citizenship and Immigration in Post-War Britain, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9781280904448 <a href="9781280904448" target="_blank">9781280904448</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>BBC Election Results Programme, 18–19 July 1970 <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Richard Rose (1970). "Voting Trends Surveyed". The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"1970: Heath's surprise victory", BBC News, 5 April 2005, retrieved 31 May 2018 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 1970. p. 250. <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"1970: Heath's surprise victory", BBC News, 5 April 2005, retrieved 31 May 2018 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393297.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>BBC Election 1970, BBC Parliament, archived from the original on 25 October 2010 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101025182710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v9jgf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101025182710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v9jgf</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Loughran, Thomas; Mycock, Andrew; Tonge, Jonathan (3 April 2021). "A coming of age: how and why the UK became the first democracy to allow votes for 18-year-olds". Contemporary British History. 35 (2): 284–313. doi:10.1080/13619462.2021.1890589. ISSN 1361-9462. S2CID 233956982. <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13619462.2021.1890589" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13619462.2021.1890589</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Loughran, Thomas; Mycock, Andrew; Tonge, Jonathan (3 November 2021). "Lowering the voting age: three lessons from the 1969 Representation of the People's Act". British Politics and Policy at LSE. Retrieved 31 December 2022. <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/lessons-from-the-1969-representation-of-the-peoples-act/" target="_blank">https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/lessons-from-the-1969-representation-of-the-peoples-act/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Bingham, Adrian (25 June 2019). "'The last milestone' on the journey to full adult suffrage? 50 years of debates about the voting age". History & Policy. Retrieved 31 December 2022. <a href="https://www.historyandpolicy.org/index.php/policy-papers/papers/the-last-milestone-on-the-journey-to-full-adult-suffrage" target="_blank">https://www.historyandpolicy.org/index.php/policy-papers/papers/the-last-milestone-on-the-journey-to-full-adult-suffrage</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Stephen D. Fisher & Nick Hillman. "Do students swing elections? Registration, turnout and voting behaviour among full-time students" (PDF). HEPI. p. 4. <a href="https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Do-students-swing-elections.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Do-students-swing-elections.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Abrams, M. (1970), "The Opinion Polls and the 1970 British General Election", The Public Opinion Quarterly, 34 (2): 317–324, doi:10.1086/267808 <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Richard Rose (1970). "Voting Trends Surveyed". The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Limited. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Richard Rose (1970). "Voting Trends Surveyed". The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970. London: Times Newspapers Limited. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>The Conservative figure includes eight Ulster Unionists, and the Labour figure includes seven Northern Ireland Labour Party candidates. <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionists" target="_blank">/wiki/Ulster_Unionists</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>The seat and vote count figures for Labour given here include the Speaker of the House of Commons <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>