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المتحدة 1970" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8,_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%A6" title="যুক্তরাজ্যের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ১৯৭০ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="যুক্তরাজ্যের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ১৯৭০" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleccions_al_Parlament_del_Regne_Unit_de_1970" title="Eleccions al Parlament del Regne Unit de 1970 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" 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hreflang="ko" data-title="1970년 영국 총선" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elezioni_generali_nel_Regno_Unito_del_1970" title="Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1970 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Elezioni generali nel Regno Unito del 1970" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94_1970" title="הבחירות הכלליות בבריטניה 1970 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הבחירות הכלליות בבריטניה 1970" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" 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class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">1970 United Kingdom general election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>18 June 1970</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">Feb 1974</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies_(1955%E2%80%931974)" title="List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1955–1974)">630 seats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a><br />316 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="#Opinion_poll_summary">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">72.0% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>3.8 <a href="/wiki/Percentage_point" title="Percentage point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0087DC;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golda_Meir_and_Edward_Heath_cropped_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Thorpe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1965_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1965 Conservative Party leadership election">28 July 1965</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1963_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">14 February 1963</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1967_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="1967 Liberal Party leadership election">18 January 1967</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bexley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)">Bexley</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Huyton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Huyton (UK Parliament constituency)">Huyton</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/North_Devon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)">North Devon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">253 seats, 41.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">364 seats, 48.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 seats, 8.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>330</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">288<sup id="cite_ref-speaker_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>77 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" 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style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>13,145,123</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12,208,758 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,117,035 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>46.4%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">43.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" 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class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg/300px-1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg/450px-1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg/600px-1970_UK_GE_Westminster_diagram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="237" /></a></span><div>Composition of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> after the election</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Prime Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1970 United Kingdom general election</b> was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> under leader <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a>, which defeated the governing <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> under Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>, under its new leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe" title="Jeremy Thorpe">Jeremy Thorpe</a>, lost half its seats. The Conservatives, including the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a> (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 <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1969" title="Representation of the People Act 1969">Representation of the People Act</a> the previous year, and the first UK election in which party affiliations of candidates were put on the ballots.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 in the aftermath of the election, the political scientist <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" title="Richard Rose (political scientist)">Richard Rose</a> described the Conservative victory as "surprising" and noted a significant shift in votes between the two main parties.<sup id="cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoseTimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> journalist George Clark wrote that the election would be "remembered as the occasion when the people of the United Kingdom hurled the findings of the opinion polls back into the faces of the pollsters".<sup id="cite_ref-ClarkTimes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClarkTimes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The result would provide the mandate for Heath as Prime Minister to begin formal negotiations for the United Kingdom to become a member state of the <a href="/wiki/European_Communities" title="European Communities">European Communities</a> (EC)—or the "Common Market" as it was more widely known at the time, before it later became the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">UK officially joined the EC</a> on 1 January 1973, along with the Republic of Ireland and Denmark. </p><p>Frontbench Labour politicians <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennie_Lee,_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge" title="Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge">Jennie Lee</a> were voted out at this election. </p><p>This marked the end of a series of elections where both main parties won over 40% of the vote. This would not occur again for the Conservatives for <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">nine years</a>; Labour would wait <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">27</a>. </p><p>The result was cast as a two-party politics outcome, with no third party reaching 10% of the (total) vote. Such an outcome would not happen again until <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">the 2017 election</a>. </p><p>The election was the last in which a nationwide UK party gained seats in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UUP sat with the Conservative Party at <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a>, traditionally taking the Conservative parliamentary <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a>. To all intents and purposes the UUP functioned as the Northern Ireland branch of the Conservative Party. However, hardline unionist <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> unseated the UUP incumbent in <a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">North Antrim</a>, a clear sign that the UUP's complete dominance over unionist politics in Northern Ireland was already starting to weaken. In 1972, in protest over the permanent prorogation of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a>, Westminster UUP MPs withdrew from the alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. 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Kingdom general election">1964 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1964 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1970 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">Feb 1974 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the February 1974 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">Oct 1974 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the October 1974 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_date">Election date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Election date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The date of 18 June was supposedly chosen because <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> wanted as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> to go to the polls before the <a href="/wiki/Decimal_Day" title="Decimal Day">introduction of decimal coinage</a> in early 1971, for which his government had been responsible and which he thought was hugely unpopular,<sup id="cite_ref-Joe_Haines_2003_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joe_Haines_2003-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (June 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and because Wilson sought to gain some momentum by surprising the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a>, who were expecting an October election.<sup id="cite_ref-Joe_Haines_2003_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joe_Haines_2003-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (June 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a> contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-SusVic_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SusVic-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iain_Macleod.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Iain_Macleod.jpg/220px-Iain_Macleod.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Iain_Macleod.jpg/330px-Iain_Macleod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Iain_Macleod.jpg/440px-Iain_Macleod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="856" data-file-height="631" /></a><figcaption>Shadow Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Iain Macleod</a> campaigning in <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a>.</figcaption></figure> <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="/wiki/Selective_Employment_Tax" title="Selective Employment Tax">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="/wiki/Robin_Day" title="Robin Day">Robin Day</a>, the outgoing Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> highlighted the possibility that "complacency engendered by the opinion polls" may have resulted in a poor turnout of Labour supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Election_Results_Programme_1970_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Election_Results_Programme_1970-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">defending world champions</a>, England's venture in the World Cup attracted a much keener public interest than the general election did.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However an analysis by pollster <a href="/wiki/Matt_Singh" title="Matt Singh">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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American pollster Douglas Schoen and <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> academic <a href="/wiki/R._W._Johnson" title="R. W. Johnson">R. W. Johnson</a> asserted that <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Powell" title="Enoch Powell">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".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Professor of Political Science <a href="/wiki/Randall_Hansen" title="Randall Hansen">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".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (June 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Election night commentators <a href="/wiki/Michael_Barratt_(television_presenter)" title="Michael Barratt (television presenter)">Michael Barratt</a> and Jeffrey Preece dismissed any special "Powell factor", as did Conservative MPs <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Maudling" title="Reginald Maudling">Reginald Maudling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Raison" title="Timothy Raison">Timothy Raison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dykes" title="Hugh Dykes">Hugh Dykes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Election_Results_Programme_1970_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Election_Results_Programme_1970-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a>, deputy leader of the Labour Party, who lost to the Conservative candidate in the <a href="/wiki/Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belper (UK Parliament constituency)">Belper</a> constituency. Brown had held the seat since 1945. Labour <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Arts_and_Heritage" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage">Minister for the Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jennie_Lee,_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge" title="Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge">Jennie Lee</a> lost her <a href="/wiki/Cannock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)">Cannock</a> seat, held by Labour since <a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a> on a swing of 10.7% to the Conservatives in what <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rose_(political_scientist)" title="Richard Rose (political scientist)">Richard Rose</a> called "the biggest upset" of the election.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesGuide1970Rose_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesGuide1970Rose-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unusually for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">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="/wiki/1969_Birmingham_Ladywood_by-election" title="1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election">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="/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe" title="Jeremy Thorpe">Jeremy Thorpe</a> to the public, owing to the extensive coverage and attention paid to <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Powell" title="Enoch Powell">Enoch Powell</a>. The election result was poor for the Liberals, with Thorpe only narrowly winning his own seat in <a href="/wiki/North_Devon" title="North Devon">North Devon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SusVic_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SusVic-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, of the six MPs returned, three (Thorpe, <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Pardoe" title="John Pardoe">John Pardoe</a>) were elected by a majority of less than 1,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesGuide1970p250_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesGuide1970p250-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The BBC's election coverage was led by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Michelmore" title="Cliff Michelmore">Cliff Michelmore</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Robin_Day" title="Robin Day">Robin Day</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Butler_(psephologist)" title="David Butler (psephologist)">David Butler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_McKenzie_(psephologist)" title="Robert McKenzie (psephologist)">Robert McKenzie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SusVic_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SusVic-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were periodic cutaways to the BBC regions. This coverage has been rerun on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Parliament" title="BBC Parliament">BBC Parliament</a> on several occasions, including on 18 July 2005 as a tribute to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">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.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BBC coverage was parodied by <i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a></i> in its famous "<a href="/wiki/Election_Night_Special" title="Election Night Special">Election Night Special</a>" sketch. </p><p>Both BBC and <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">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="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> regions were not yet broadcasting in colour at the time of the 1970 elections. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Right_to_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to vote">right to vote</a> in this election was widened by the Labour government's <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Reform_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Reform Act">Sixth Reform Act</a>, which reduced the <a href="/wiki/Voting_age" title="Voting age">voting age</a> from 21 to 18 years. The United Kingdom was the first major democratic nation to extend suffrage to this age group.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Case law subsequently established the right for <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_students" class="mw-redirect" title="Undergraduate students">undergraduate students</a> to vote in the constituency of their university. This followed an appeal to the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>, visited <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> on 18 May and asked the Queen to <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">dissolve Parliament</a> on 29 May, announcing that the election would be held on 18 June. The key dates were as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:25%">Friday 29 May</td> <td>Dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election">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="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election">45th Parliament</a> assembles </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thursday 2 July</td> <td><a href="/wiki/State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="State Opening of Parliament">State Opening of Parliament</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_poll_summary">Opinion poll summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opinion poll summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Summary of the final polling results before the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Marplan</th> <th>Gallup</th> <th>National opinion polls (NOP)</th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opinion_Research_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Opinion Research Centre (page does not exist)">Opinion Research Centre</a> (OPC)</th> <th>Harris </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">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 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">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 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">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 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Other parties"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Other_parties" class="mw-redirect" title="Other parties">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 class="sortbottom" style="font-weight: bold; background: #f2f2f2;"> <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 class="sortbottom" style="background: #f2f2f2;"> <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 class="sortbottom" style="background: #f2f2f2;"> <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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">the 1935 general election</a> and compared with a post-War high of 84% in <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a>. <a href="/wiki/Professor_Richard_Rose" class="mw-redirect" title="Professor Richard Rose">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="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1969" title="Representation of the People Act 1969">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."<sup id="cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoseTimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoseTimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. 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Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">628 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">330 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">80 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">+77 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">52.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">46.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">13,145,123 </td> <td style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#E4003B; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">625 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">288<sup id="cite_ref-speaker_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speaker-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">77 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,208,758 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFD700; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe" title="Jeremy Thorpe">Jeremy Thorpe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">332 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,117,035 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FDF38E; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Wolfe" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wolfe">William Wolfe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">306,802 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#005B54; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">175,016 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:olive; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Unity_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Unity (Northern Ireland)">Unity</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.50 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">140,930 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DCDCDC; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,264 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:red; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gollan" title="John Gollan">John Gollan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">58 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37,970 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#D46A4C; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Protestant_Unionist_Party" title="Protestant Unionist Party">Protestant Unionist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,303 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#85de59; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Labour_Party" title="Republican Labour Party">Republican Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Fitt" title="Gerry Fitt">Gerry Fitt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Belfast_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,649 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFBBBB; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,685 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDEEFF; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Conservative">Ind. Conservative</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,014 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#ffffff; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(UK,_1969)" title="Democratic Party (UK, 1969)">Democratic Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Donnelly" title="Desmond Donnelly">Desmond Donnelly</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,292 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#3F5F5F; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_(UK,_1966)" title="National Democratic Party (UK, 1966)">National Democratic</a> </td> <td>David Brown </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,276 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:MidnightBlue; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (United Kingdom)">National Front</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John O'Brien (UK politician)">John O'Brien</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,449 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDFFDD; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Party_(Northern_Ireland)" title="National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland)">National Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Quigley" title="Gerry Quigley">Gerry Quigley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,349 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDDDDD; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Vectis_National_Party" title="Vectis National Party">Vectis National Party</a> </td> <td>R. W. Cawdell </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,607 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#FFFFAA; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,456 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/World_Government_Party" title="World Government Party">World Government</a> </td> <td>Gilbert Young </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,016 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#d5c229; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow</a> </td> <td>Len Truran </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Falmouth_and_Camborne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">960 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#B22222; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour_Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Ind. Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emrys_Thomas" title="Emrys Thomas">Emrys Thomas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">847 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:black; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/British_Movement" title="British Movement">British Movement</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Jordan" title="Colin Jordan">Colin Jordan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Aston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Aston (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">704 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independent_Progressive_Party_(UK)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Independent Progressive Party (UK) (page does not exist)">Independent Progressive</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Norwich_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">658 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit; background-color:#DC241f; width:3px">  </th> <td style="min-width:190px"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Socialist Party of Great Britain">Socialist (GB)</a> </td> <td><i>N/A</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">376 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Young_Ideas_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Ideas Party">Young Ideas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch" title="Screaming Lord Sutch">Screaming Lord Sutch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">142 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9;width: 3px">  </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Commonwealth_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Commonwealth Party (page does not exist)">British Commonwealth</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Small_Heath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency)">1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">117 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> </tbody><caption style="caption-side: bottom; font-weight:normal">All parties shown.<sup id="cite_ref-NInote_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NInote-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:70%"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Government's new majority</b> </td> <td><b>30</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total votes cast </td> <td>28,305,534 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turnout </td> <td>72% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_summary">Votes summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Votes summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:360px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Conservative</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:46.44%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46.44%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:43.13%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">43.13%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:7.48%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.48%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">SNP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; width:1.08%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.08%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#A9A9A9; width:1.86%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.86%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seats_summary">Seats summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:52.38%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">52.38%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:45.71%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">45.71%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFD700; width:0.95%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.95%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">SNP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; width:0.16%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.16%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#A9A9A9; width:0.79%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.79%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Televised_declarations">Televised declarations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Televised declarations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These declarations were covered live by the BBC where the returning officer was heard to say "duly elected". </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>From BBC Parliament Replay </caption> <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="/wiki/Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)">Guildford</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="right">27,203 </td> <td align="right">13,108 </td> <td align="right">8,822 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheltenham</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="right">22,823 </td> <td align="right">14,213 </td> <td align="right">8,431 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Salford_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Salford West (UK Parliament constituency)">Salford West</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right">14,310 </td> <td align="right">16,986 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_North_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton North East">Wolverhampton North East</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right">15,358 </td> <td align="right">17,251 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">1,592 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Salford_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Salford East (UK Parliament constituency)">Salford East</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right">9,583 </td> <td align="right">15,853 </td> <td align="right">3,000 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton South West">Wolverhampton South West</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="right">26,252 </td> <td align="right">11,753 </td> <td align="right">2,459 </td> <td align="right">318 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle upon Tyne Central">Newcastle upon Tyne Central</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right">4,256 </td> <td align="right">13,671 </td> <td align="right">1,433 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle upon Tyne North">Newcastle upon Tyne North</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="right">15,978 </td> <td align="right">12,518 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Exeter_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)">Exeter</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right">21,680 </td> <td align="right">20,409 </td> <td align="right">6,672 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> gain </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/North_Devon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)">North Devon</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">18,524 </td> <td align="right">5,268 </td> <td align="right">18,893 </td> <td align="right">175 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> hold </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire" class="mw-redirect" title="West Aberdeenshire">West Aberdeenshire</a> </th> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">18,396 </td> <td align="right">6,141 </td> <td align="right">12,847 </td> <td align="right">2,112 </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> gain </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents_defeated">Incumbents defeated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Incumbents defeated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <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" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="62"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iain_Sproat" title="Iain Sproat">Iain Sproat</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Brooks" title="Edwin Brooks">Edwin Brooks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bebington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bebington (UK Parliament constituency)">Bebington</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cockeram" title="Eric Cockeram">Eric Cockeram</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Parkyn" title="Brian Parkyn">Brian Parkyn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedford</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Skeet" title="Trevor Skeet">Trevor Skeet</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwilym_Roberts" title="Gwilym Roberts">Gwilym Roberts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Bedfordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedfordshire South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Madel" title="David Madel">David Madel</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Belper (UK Parliament constituency)">Belper</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Deputy Leader of the Labour Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Stewart-Smith" title="Geoffrey Stewart-Smith">Geoffrey Stewart-Smith</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Moonman" title="Eric Moonman">Eric Moonman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billericay_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)">Billericay</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_McCrindle" title="Robert McCrindle">Robert McCrindle</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Price_(politician)" title="Christopher Price (politician)">Christopher Price</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Perry_Barr" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Perry Barr">Birmingham Perry Barr</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kinsey_(politician)" title="Joseph Kinsey (politician)">Joseph Kinsey</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Evans_(politician)" title="Ioan Evans (politician)">Ioan Evans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Yardley" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Yardley">Birmingham Yardley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Household" title="Comptroller of the Household">Comptroller of the Household</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Coombs" title="Derek Coombs">Derek Coombs</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Howarth" title="Robert Howarth">Robert Howarth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bolton_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton East">Bolton East</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurance_Reed" title="Laurance Reed">Laurance Reed</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Oakes" title="Gordon Oakes">Gordon Oakes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bolton_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton West">Bolton West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Redmond" title="Robert Redmond">Robert Redmond</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wyatt" title="Woodrow Wyatt">Woodrow Wyatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bosworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Bosworth</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Butler_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Butler (British politician)">Adam Butler</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Haseldine" title="Norman Haseldine">Norman Haseldine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bradford_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bradford West">Bradford West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(British_politician)" title="John Wilkinson (British politician)">John Wilkinson</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Jackson_(politician)" title="Colin Jackson (politician)">Colin Jackson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brighouse_and_Spenborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighouse and Spenborough">Brighouse and Spenborough</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Proudfoot" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilfred Proudfoot">Wilfred Proudfoot</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hobden" title="Dennis Hobden">Dennis Hobden</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Kemptown" class="mw-redirect" title="Brighton Kemptown">Brighton Kemptown</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bowden" title="Andrew Bowden">Andrew Bowden</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Dobson" title="Raymond Dobson">Raymond Dobson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_North_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol North East">Bristol North East</a> </td> <td>Assistant Whip </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Adley" title="Robert Adley">Robert Adley</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ellis_(Labour_politician)" title="John Ellis (Labour politician)">John Ellis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol North West">Bristol North West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_McLaren" title="Martin McLaren">Martin McLaren</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maxwell" title="Robert Maxwell">Robert Maxwell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)">Buckingham</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Benyon" title="Bill Benyon">William Benyon</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jennie_Lee,_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge" title="Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge">Jennie Lee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cannock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)">Cannock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Arts_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Arts (United Kingdom)">Minister for the Arts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cormack" title="Patrick Cormack">Patrick Cormack</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Rowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Ted Rowlands">Ted Rowlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff North (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Roberts_(politician)" title="Michael Roberts (politician)">Michael Roberts</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Macdonald" title="Alistair Macdonald">Alistair Macdonald</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chislehurst_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)">Chislehurst</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Hornsby-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Patricia Hornsby-Smith">Patricia Hornsby-Smith</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ednyfed_Hudson_Davies" title="Ednyfed Hudson Davies">Ednyfed Hudson Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conway (UK Parliament constituency)">Conway</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyn_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyn Roberts">Wyn Roberts</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Winnick" title="David Winnick">David Winnick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croydon_South_(historic_UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Croydon South (historic UK Parliament constituency)">Croydon South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Thompson,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet">Richard Thompson</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Irving" title="Sydney Irving">Sydney Irving</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dartford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dartford (UK Parliament constituency)">Dartford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Chairman of Ways and Means</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Trew" title="Peter Trew">Peter Trew</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Ennals" class="mw-redirect" title="David Ennals">David Ennals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dover (UK Parliament constituency)">Dover</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Social_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Social Services">Minister of State for Social Services</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Rees,_Baron_Rees" title="Peter Rees, Baron Rees">Peter Rees</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Newens" title="Stan Newens">Stan Newens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Epping_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Epping (UK Parliament constituency)">Epping</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">Norman Tebbit</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Dunwoody" title="Gwyneth Dunwoody">Gwyneth Dunwoody</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Exeter_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)">Exeter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Secretary">Parliamentary Secretary</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">Board of Trade</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hannam" title="John Hannam">John Hannam</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Dunwoody" title="John Dunwoody">John Dunwoody</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falmouth_and_Camborne" class="mw-redirect" title="Falmouth and Camborne">Falmouth and Camborne</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Mudd" title="David Mudd">David Mudd</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terence_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Terence Boston">Terence Boston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faversham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)">Faversham</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Moate" title="Roger Moate">Roger Moate</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Diamond,_Baron_Diamond" title="Jack Diamond, Baron Diamond">John Diamond</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)">Gloucester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Chief Secretary to the Treasury">Chief Secretary to the Treasury</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sally_Oppenheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally Oppenheim">Sally Oppenheim</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Murray,_Baron_Murray_of_Gravesend" title="Albert Murray, Baron Murray of Gravesend">Albert Murray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gravesend_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)">Gravesend</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Ministry_of_Transport" title="Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport">Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Lowrey_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Lowrey White">Roger White</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Whitaker_(politician)" title="Ben Whitaker (politician)">Ben Whitaker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)">Hampstead</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Secretary">Parliamentary Secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Overseas_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Overseas Development">Minister of Overseas Development</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Finsberg" title="Geoffrey Finsberg">Geoffrey Finsberg</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Roebuck" title="Roy Roebuck">Roy Roebuck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harrow_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrow East">Harrow East</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Dykes" title="Hugh Dykes">Hugh Dykes</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jackson_(politician)" title="Peter Jackson (politician)">Peter Jackson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Peak_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)">High Peak</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Le_Marchant" title="Spencer Le Marchant">Spencer Le Marchant</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lee_Williams" title="Alan Lee Williams">Alan Lee Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Hornchurch</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Loveridge" title="John Loveridge">John Loveridge</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Shaw_(politician)" title="Arnold Shaw (politician)">Arnold Shaw</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilford_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilford South">Ilford South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Cooper_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Cooper (UK politician)">Albert Cooper</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dingle_Foot" title="Dingle Foot">Dingle Foot</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)">Ipswich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General for England and Wales</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernle_Money" title="Ernle Money">Ernle Money</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Binns_(British_politician)" title="John Binns (British politician)">John Binns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keighley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)">Keighley</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Hall_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joan Hall (UK politician)">Joan Hall</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Page,_Baron_Whaddon" title="Derek Page, Baron Whaddon">John Page</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)">King's Lynn</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Brocklebank-Fowler" title="Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler">Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Henig" title="Stanley Henig">Stanley Henig</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)">Lancaster</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Kellett-Bowman" title="Elaine Kellett-Bowman">Elaine Kellett-Bowman</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Davies,_Baron_Davies_of_Leek" title="Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek">Harold Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leek_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Leek (UK Parliament constituency)">Leek</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Knox_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Knox (UK politician)">David Knox</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Dickens" title="James Dickens">James Dickens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewisham West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gummer" title="John Gummer">John Gummer</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Howie" class="mw-redirect" title="William Howie">William Howie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Luton (UK Parliament constituency)">Luton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Household" title="Comptroller of the Household">Comptroller of the Household</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Simeons" title="Charles Simeons">Charles Simeons</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Bray" title="Jeremy Bray">Jeremy Bray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Middlesbrough West">Middlesbrough West</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sutcliffe_(British_politician)" title="John Sutcliffe (British politician)">John Sutcliffe</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Coe" title="Denis Coe">Denis Coe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middleton_and_Prestwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Middleton and Prestwich">Middleton and Prestwich</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Haselhurst" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Haselhurst">Alan Haselhurst</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Anderson,_Baron_Anderson_of_Swansea" title="Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea">Donald Anderson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Monmouth</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Stradling_Thomas" title="John Stradling Thomas">John Stradling Thomas</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bert_Hazell" title="Bert Hazell">Bert Hazell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)">Norfolk North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Howell" title="Ralph Howell">Ralph Howell</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Perry_(British_politician)" title="George Perry (British politician)">George Perry</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nottingham_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham South">Nottingham South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Fowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman Fowler">Norman Fowler</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Horner_(British_politician)" title="John Horner (British politician)">John Horner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldbury_and_Halesowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldbury and Halesowen">Oldbury and Halesowen</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Heydon_Stokes" class="mw-redirect" title="John Heydon Stokes">John Stokes</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evan_Luard" title="Evan Luard">Evan Luard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)">Oxford</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montague_Woodhouse,_5th_Baron_Terrington" title="Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington">Montague Woodhouse</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Atkins" title="Ronald Atkins">Ronald Atkins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Preston_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston North">Preston North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Holt" title="Mary Holt">Mary Holt</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mahon_(politician)" title="Peter Mahon (politician)">Peter Mahon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Preston_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Preston South">Preston South</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Green_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Green (MP)">Alan Green</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_(Labour_politician)" title="John Lee (Labour politician)">John Lee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reading_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Vaughan_(British_politician)" title="Gerard Vaughan (British politician)">Gerard Vaughan</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Kerr_(politician)" title="Anne Kerr (politician)">Anne Kerr</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_and_Chatham" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester and Chatham">Rochester and Chatham</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Fenner" title="Peggy Fenner">Peggy Fenner</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antony_Gardner" title="Antony Gardner">Antony Gardner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rushcliffe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)">Rushcliffe</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hooley" title="Frank Hooley">Frank Hooley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Heeley" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Heeley">Sheffield Heeley</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Deane_Spence" class="mw-redirect" title="John Deane Spence">John Spence</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mitchell_(British_politician)" title="Bob Mitchell (British politician)">Bob Mitchell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Test" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Test">Southampton Test</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Hill_(Conservative_politician)" title="James Hill (Conservative politician)">James Hill</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Gregory" title="Arnold Gregory">Arnold Gregory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockport_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stockport North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stockport North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Idris_Owen" title="Idris Owen">Idris Owen</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Davies_(Stretford_MP)" title="Ernest Davies (Stretford MP)">Ernest Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stretford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stretford (UK Parliament constituency)">Stretford</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill_(1940%E2%80%932010)" title="Winston Churchill (1940–2010)">Winston Churchill</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Fowler" title="Gerry Fowler">Gerald Fowler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)">The Wrekin</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Trafford" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Trafford">Anthony Trafford</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ryan_(British_politician)" title="John Ryan (British politician)">John Ryan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uxbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)">Uxbridge</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curran_(politician)" title="Charles Curran (politician)">Charles Curran</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Macmillan" title="Malcolm Macmillan">Malcolm Macmillan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Isles_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)">Western Isles</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Stewart_(Scottish_politician)" title="Donald Stewart (Scottish politician)">Donald Stewart</a> </td> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gray_(politician)" title="Hugh Gray (politician)">Hugh Gray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)">Yarmouth</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Fell_(politician)" title="Anthony Fell (politician)">Anthony Fell</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking" title="Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking">Kenneth Baker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Acton (UK Parliament constituency)">Acton</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Acton_by-election" title="1968 Acton by-election">1968 Acton by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Spearing" title="Nigel Spearing">Nigel Spearing</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Williams_(politician)" title="Donald Williams (politician)">Donald Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)">Dudley</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Dudley_by-election" title="1968 Dudley by-election">1968 Dudley by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Gilbert,_Baron_Gilbert" title="John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert">John Gilbert</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Esmond_Wright" title="Esmond Wright">Esmond Wright</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (UK Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1967_Glasgow_Pollok_by-election" title="1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election">1967 Glasgow Pollok by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_White_(Scottish_politician)" title="James White (Scottish politician)">James White</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Campbell_(barrister)" title="Bruce Campbell (barrister)">Bruce Campbell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oldham_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldham West">Oldham West</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Oldham_West_by-election" title="1968 Oldham West by-election">1968 Oldham West by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Meacher" title="Michael Meacher">Michael Meacher</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ward_(British_politician)" title="Christopher Ward (British politician)">Christopher Ward</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swindon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)">Swindon</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Swindon_by-election" title="1969 Swindon by-election">1969 Swindon by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Stoddart,_Baron_Stoddart_of_Swindon" title="David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon">David Stoddart</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Silvester" title="Fred Silvester">Fred Silvester</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Walthamstow West">Walthamstow West</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1967_Walthamstow_West_by-election" title="1967 Walthamstow West by-election">1967 Walthamstow West by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Deakins" title="Eric Deakins">Eric Deakins</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Lawler" title="Wallace Lawler">Wallace Lawler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Ladywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Ladywood">Birmingham Ladywood</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Birmingham_Ladywood_by-election" title="1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election">1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doris_Fisher,_Baroness_Fisher_of_Rednal" title="Doris Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal">Doris Fisher</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Winstanley" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Winstanley">Michael Winstanley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cheadle (UK Parliament constituency)">Cheadle</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Normanton" title="Tom Normanton">Tom Normanton</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wainwright_(politician)" title="Richard Wainwright (politician)">Richard Wainwright</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colne_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Colne Valley</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Clark,_Baron_Clark_of_Windermere" title="David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere">David Clark</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lubbock" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Lubbock">Eric Lubbock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orpington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)">Orpington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Chief_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Chief Whip">Liberal Chief Whip</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Stanbrook" title="Ivor Stanbrook">Ivor Stanbrook</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Mackenzie" title="Alasdair Mackenzie">Alasdair Mackenzie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross_and_Cromarty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross and Cromarty</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamish_Gray" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamish Gray">Hamish Gray</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Unionist">Ulster Unionist</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clark_(Northern_Irish_politician)" title="Henry Clark (Northern Irish politician)">Henry Clark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)">Antrim North</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #D46A4C"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Unionist">Democratic Unionist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #48A5EE"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_5th_Duke_of_Abercorn" title="James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn">James Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)">Fermanagh and South Tyrone</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_McManus_(Irish_politician)" title="Frank McManus (Irish politician)">Frank McManus</a> </td> <td style="background-color: olive"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unity_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Unity (Northern Ireland)">Unity</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winnie_Ewing" title="Winnie Ewing">Winnie Ewing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamilton</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1967_Hamilton_by-election" title="1967 Hamilton by-election">1967 Hamilton by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Wilson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Alexander Wilson (Scottish politician)">Alex Wilson</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="unsortable" style="background-color: #005B54"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynfor_Evans" title="Gwynfor Evans">Gwynfor Evans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen</a> </td> <td>Elected in the <a href="/wiki/1966_Carmarthen_by-election" title="1966 Carmarthen by-election">1966 Carmarthen by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynoro_Jones" title="Gwynoro Jones">Gwynoro Jones</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(UK,_1969)" title="Democratic Party (UK, 1969)">Democratic Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Donnelly" title="Desmond Donnelly">Desmond Donnelly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Pembrokeshire</a> </td> <td>Former Labour MP </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Edwards" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Edwards">Nicholas Edwards</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs elected in the 1970 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Northern_Ireland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland">1970 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1970 United Kingdom local elections">1970 United Kingdom local elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">The Conservative figure includes eight <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionists" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Unionists">Ulster Unionists</a>, and the Labour figure includes seven <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Labour_Party" title="Northern Ireland Labour Party">Northern Ireland Labour Party</a> candidates.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_United_Kingdom_general_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1968/dec/10/use-of-political-descriptions-in">HC Deb 10 December 1968 vol 775 cc242-87</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RoseTimes-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RoseTimes_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited 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(1971), <i>The British General Election of 1970</i>,</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+British+General+Election+of+1970&rft.date=1971&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=David+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1970+United+Kingdom+general+election" class="Z3988"></span> the standard scholarly study.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1989" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">Craig, F. W. 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O. Davies">S. O. 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href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Next_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Next United Kingdom general election">Next</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1889_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1889 United Kingdom local elections">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1890_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1890 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1892 United Kingdom local elections">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1894 United Kingdom local elections">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1896 United Kingdom local elections">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1897_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1897 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1898_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1898 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1899 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1903_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1903 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1905_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1905 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1907_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1907 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1909 United Kingdom local elections">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1911_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1911 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1934 United Kingdom local elections">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1949 United Kingdom local elections">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1955 United Kingdom local elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1964 United Kingdom local elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1965 United Kingdom local elections">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_United_Kingdom_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 United Kingdom local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1969 United Kingdom local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1970 United Kingdom local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1971 United Kingdom local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1972 United Kingdom local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1973 United Kingdom local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1974 United Kingdom local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1975 United Kingdom local elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1976 United Kingdom local elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1977 United Kingdom local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1978 United Kingdom local elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1979 United Kingdom local elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1980 United Kingdom local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1981 United Kingdom local elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1982 United Kingdom local elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1983 United Kingdom local elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1984 United Kingdom local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1985 United Kingdom local elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1986 United Kingdom local elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1987 United Kingdom local elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1988 United Kingdom local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1989 United Kingdom local elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1990 United Kingdom local elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1991 United Kingdom local elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1992 United Kingdom local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1993 United Kingdom local elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1994 United Kingdom local elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1995 United Kingdom local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1996 United Kingdom local elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1997 United Kingdom local elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1998 United Kingdom local elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="1999 United Kingdom local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2000 United Kingdom local elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2001 United Kingdom local elections">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2002 United Kingdom local elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2003 United Kingdom local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2004 United Kingdom local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2005 United Kingdom local elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2006 United Kingdom local elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2007 United Kingdom local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2008 United Kingdom local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2009 United Kingdom local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2010 United Kingdom local elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2012 United Kingdom local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2013 United Kingdom local elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2014 United Kingdom local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2015 United Kingdom local elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2016 United Kingdom local elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2017 United Kingdom local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2018 United Kingdom local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2019 United Kingdom local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2021 United Kingdom local elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2022 United Kingdom local elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2023 United Kingdom local elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2024 United Kingdom local elections">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2025 United Kingdom local 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href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="hlist"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd>Elections in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_England" title="Elections in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Elections in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Wales" title="Elections in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Elections in the Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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1975</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome" title="Treaty of Rome">Treaty of Rome</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1970 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972" title="Treaty of Accession 1972">Treaty of Accession 1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Communities_Act_1972_(UK)" title="European Communities Act 1972 (UK)">European Communities Act 1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1973 enlargement of the European Communities">1973 EC enlargement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974 United Kingdom general election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974 United Kingdom general election</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campaign organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Advocating a "Yes" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum,_1975#Yes_campaign_(Britain_In_Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975">Britain in Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Advocating a "No" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum,_1975#No_campaign_(National_Referendum_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975">National Referendum Campaign</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">For a "Yes" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party" title="Social Democratic and Labour Party">Social Democratic and Labour Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland">Alliance Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Unionist_Progressive_Party" title="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party">Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Neutral/split</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">For a "No" vote</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Party" title="Ulster Unionist Party">Ulster Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Provisional Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Official Sinn Féin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist Party of Great Britain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Debates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Europe" title="A Question of Europe">A Question of Europe</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aftermath</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Assembly_Elections_Act_1978" title="European Assembly Elections Act 1978">European Assembly Elections Act 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_rebate" title="UK rebate">UK rebate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Wednesday" title="Black Wednesday">Black Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon Treaty">Lisbon Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_United_Kingdom_renegotiation_of_European_Union_membership" class="mw-redirect" title="2015–16 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership">2015–16 United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Kingdom general election">February 1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">October 1974</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Party elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Labour_Party_leadership_election" title="1960 Labour Party leadership election">1960 leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Labour_Party_deputy_leadership_election" title="1962 Labour Party deputy leadership election">1962 deputy leadership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">1963 leadership</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shadow Cabinet elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1952 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1953 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1954 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1955 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1956 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1957 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1958 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Labour_Party_Shadow_Cabinet_election" title="1959 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election">1960</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendum</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 European Communities membership</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ormskirk (UK Parliament 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href="/wiki/Robin_Wilson_(mathematician)" title="Robin Wilson (mathematician)">Robin Wilson</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Seddon" title="Harold Seddon">Harold Seddon</a> (Uncle)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media and popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_parodies_(Private_Eye)#Harold_Wilson:_Mrs._Wilson's_Diary" title="Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)">Mrs. Wilson's Diary</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yesterday%27s_Men_(TV_programme)" title="Yesterday's Men (TV programme)">Yesterday's Men</a></i> (TV documentary, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lavender_List" title="The Lavender List">The Lavender List</a></i> (TV, 2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Longford_(film)" title="Longford (film)">Longford</a></i> (TV, 2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Dagenham" 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