United Kingdom general election, 1970

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United Kingdom general election parliamentary election

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

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1970 United Kingdom general election	5
United Kingdom general election, 1970 canonical	2
1970 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield	1

Statements (49)

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