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United Kingdom general election, 1970
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lost half their seats. The Conservatives, including the Ulster Unionists, were given a majority of 31. The election was the first in which people could vote from the age of 18, after the Representation of the People Act 1969. It is currently the earliest General Election from which there are still MPs in the House of Commons who have continuous service, with Gerald Kaufman, Ken Clarke and Dennis Skinner all entering parliament for the first time.
Most opinion polls prior to the election had indicated a comfortable Labour victory and had 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.
==Election date==
The date of 18 June was supposedly chosen because Harold Wilson wanted to go to the polls before the introduction of decimal coinage in early 1971, for which his government had been responsible and which he thought was hugely unpopular〔Joe Haines: Glimmers of Twilight. London, Politico's Publishers, 2003〕 and because Wilson sought to gain some momentum by surprising the Conservatives, who were expecting an October election.〔
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