1970 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 330
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 46.4%
gptkbp:conservativeLeader gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 18 June 1970
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1970 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 288
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 43.1%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:liberalLeader gptkb:Jeremy_Thorpe
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 6
gptkbp:liberalVoteShare 7.5%
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:majoritySeats 316
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor unexpected Conservative victory
first general election in which 18-year-olds could vote
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1966_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 630
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 72.0%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5