United Kingdom 1970 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 330 of 630 seats with 46.4% of the vote; 72.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.8 points on 1966.
- United Kingdom
- Held
Result
- Conservative Party330
- Labour Party288
- Liberal Party6
- Unity2
- Other parties (seats only)1
- Republican Labour Party1
- Scottish National Party1
- Unnamed party with one seat1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 330 | +80 | 46.4 | 13,145,123 | |
| Labour Party | 288 | −76 | 43.1 | −4.9 | 12,208,758 |
| Liberal Party | 6 | −6 | 7.5 | −1.1 | 2,117,035 |
| Scottish National Party | 1 | +1 | 1.1 | +0.6 | 306,802 |
| Plaid Cymru | 0 | 0.6 | 175,016 | ||
| Unity | 2 | 0.5 | 140,930 | ||
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | 0.1 | 35,303 | ||
| Republican Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30,649 |
| Other parties (seats only) | 1 |
± is the change against the United Kingdom 1966 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party 13,145,123
- Labour Party 12,208,758
- Liberal Party 2,117,035
- Scottish National Party 306,802
- Plaid Cymru 175,016
- Unity 140,930
- Unnamed party with one seat 35,303
- Republican Labour Party 30,649
- Other parties (seats only)
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
72.2% of the 39,342,013 registered voters cast a ballot (28,386,145 ballots), down 3.8 points on 1966. 28,344,798 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Conservative Party46.4% of votes52.4% of seats
- Labour Party43.1% of votes45.7% of seats
- Liberal Party7.5% of votes1.0% of seats
- Unity0.5% of votes0.3% of seats
- Scottish National Party1.1% of votes0.2% of seats
- Republican Labour Party0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 2.1 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 3.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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