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Uk General Election, 1970 | 1966 election | | b>1970 election | | a href="/encyclopedia/UK-general-election,-1974-(February)" title="UK general election, 1974 (February)">February 1974 election | The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. The election was also a setback for the Liberal Party under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, which lost half its seats. The Conservatives, when combined with the Ulster Unionists, held a majority of 31 over all other parties. Most opinion polls prior to the election had predicted a comfortable Labour victory, and had put Labour 12.4% ahead of the Conservatives. However on the day, a late swing put the Conservatives 3.4% ahead. | lign="center"|Party | align="center"|Votes | align="center"|Seats | align="center"|Loss/Gain | align="center"|Share of Vote (%) | | a href="/encyclopedia/Conservative-Party-(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative | align="right"|13,145,123 | align="center"|330 | align="center"|+ 77 | align="center"|46.4 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Labour-Party-(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour | align="right"|12,208,758 | align="center"|288 | align="center"|- 76 | align="center"|43.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal | align="right"|2,117,035 | align="center"|6 | align="center"|- 6 | align="center"|7.5 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Scottish-National-Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP | align="right"|306,802 | align="center"|1 | align="center"|+ 1 | align="center"|1.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Plaid-Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru | align="right"|175,016 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.6 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Unity-Party" title="Unity Party">Unity | align="right"|140,930 | align="center"|2 | align="center"|+ 2 | align="center"|0.4 | | ndependent | align="right"|39,264 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-Great-Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist | align="right"|37,970 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Protestant-Unionist-Party" title="Protestant Unionist Party">Protestant Unionist | align="right"|35,303 | align="center"|1 | align="center"|+ 1 | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Republican-Labour-Party" title="Republican Labour Party">Republican Labour | align="right"|30,649 | align="center"|1 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | ndependent Labour | align="right"|24,685 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | ndependent Conservative | align="right"|24,014 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Democratic-Party-(UK)" title="Democratic Party (UK)">Democratic | align="right"|15,292 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/National-Democratic-Party-(England)" title="National Democratic Party (England)">National Democratic (England) | align="right"|14,276 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.1 | | a href="/encyclopedia/National-Front-(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front | align="right"|11,449 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/National-Democratic-Party-(Northern-Ireland)" title="National Democratic Party (Northern Ireland)">National Democratic (NI) | align="right"|10,349 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Vectis-National-Party" title="Vectis National Party">Vectis National | align="right"|1,607 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | ndependent Liberal | align="right"|1,456 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/World-Government-Party" title="World Government Party">World Government | align="right"|1,016 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Mebyon-Kernow" title="Mebyon Kernow">Mebyon Kernow | align="right"|960 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | | a href="/encyclopedia/Independent-Labour-Party" title="Independent Labour Party">Independent Labour | align="right"|847 | align="center"|0 | align="center"| | align="center"|0.0 | Total votes cast: 28,305,534. All parties with more than 750 votes listed. The Conservative figure includes 8 Ulster Unionists. For the text of an alternative history where the Tories did not win the 1970 general election, see http://www.btinternet.com/~chief.gnome/
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