1970 election

Question 1

What were the figures for the pre-election proposal?

Answer 1

Heath 28%
Wilson 51%

Question 2

What were the actual results for the 1970 election?

Answer 2

Conservative: 330
Labour: 287

Question 3

How much had inflation risen from 1964 to 1970?

Answer 3

33%

Question 4

What was the number of unemployment in 1970?

Answer 4

200,000

Question 5

How much had Labour Party membership fallen from 1964 to 1970?

Answer 5

830,000 to 680,000

Question 6

What did the Daily Express called Heath?

Answer 6

Praised his “guts and leadership”

Question 7

How did Heath show his dominance over the Conservative Party?

Answer 7

Sacked Enoch Powell in 1968 after his “Rivers of Blood” speech.
Although popular amongst white working class people, the speech showed discontent towards immigrants and predicted race riots, which was a bad look for the party

Question 8

How did the conservatives win the vote?

Answer 8

• Promised industrial relations reform
• Would reapply to the EEC