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UK Polling History: Election of 18 June 1970

The map below is experimental, as the geographic locations and boundaries of historical constituencies are not readily available. For an alphabetical table of constituencies, click here.

Election result map

Result summary

Parties
Conservative Labour Liberal Other SNP Plaid
Cymru
Total seats 330 287 6 6 1
Total votes 13,145,061 12,179,360 2,116,838 421,475 306,802 175,016
Seats gained +65 -61 -7 +3 -1
Votes gained +1,750,344 -588,879 -350,522 +52,510 +5,211 +42,067
Share of votes 46.4% 43.0% 7.5% 1.5% 1.1% 0.6%
Share of eligible voters 33.4% 30.9% 5.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%
Gain in share of votes +4.3% -4.2% -1.2% +0.7% +0.5% +0.3%
Gain in share of eligible voters +1.8% -4.5% -1.1% +0.4% +0.3% +0.2%
Total votes: 28,344,552
Electorate: 39,364,459
Turnout: 72.0%
Swing: 4.2% Conservative from Labour