A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, which defeated the governing Labour
Golda Meir and Edward Heath cropped
Aankomst Premier Wilson en Minister Brown op vliegvel Ypenburg, v.l.n.r. Ministe, Bestanddeelnr 920 1137
Shadow Chancellor Iain Macleod campaigning in York.
Declaration of results for the Isle of Thanet constituency, Ramsgate
Edward Heath
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Sir Edward Richard George Heath was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliam
1970 United Kingdom general election
…A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, which defeated the governing Labour Party under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party, under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, lost half its…
Portrait by Allan Warren, 1987
Official portrait, 1960
Heath at the Pentagon with US defense secretary Robert McNamara in 1966
Heath with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in 1969