The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970. It resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath,which defeated the governing Labour Party under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party,under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe,lost half its seats. The Conservatives,including the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP),secured a majority of 30 seats. This general election was the first in which people could vote from the age of 18,after passage of the Representation of the People Act the previous year,and the first UK election where party,and not just candidate names were allowed to be put on the ballots.
Nicholas William Budgen,often called Nick Budgen,was a British Conservative Party politician.
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first ever to be held after a full term of Labour government. The election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950,and was the first held following the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies. The government's 1945 lead over the Conservative Party shrank dramatically,and Labour was returned to power but with an overall majority reduced from 146 to just 5. There was a 2.8% national swing towards the Conservatives,who gained 90 seats. Labour called another general election in 1951,which the Conservative Party won.
Robert Howard Marris is a British Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West. He first held the seat from 2001 until his defeat in 2010. He regained at the seat at the 2015 general election,but stepped down at the 2017 general election.
Corby is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Tom Pursglove of the Conservative Party.
Bradford West is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Naz Shah of the Labour Party.
Halesowen and Rowley Regis is a constituency in the West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by James Morris,a Conservative.
Walsall North is a constituency created in 1955 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Eddie Hughes,a member of the Conservative Party.
Walsall South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Valerie Vaz,a member of the Labour Party.
Wolverhampton South West is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Stuart Anderson of the Conservative Party.
Slough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Tan Dhesi,a member of the Labour Party,since the 2017 UK general election.
Hastings and Rye is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Sally-Ann Hart of the Conservative Party. From 2010 until 2019,it was represented by Amber Rudd,who served as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change,Minister for Women and Equalities,Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under the governments of David Cameron,Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jackie Doyle-Price,a Conservative.
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport is a constituency created in 2010,and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Luke Pollard,a Labour Co-operative party candidate.
Philip Warren Hawksley was a British Conservative politician,who served as MP for The Wrekin and Halesowen and Stourbridge.
Wednesbury was a borough constituency in England's Black Country which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament (MP) for fourteen years,he represented three different constituencies,losing his seat twice and losing in three other elections which he contested.
The West Bromwich by-election of 24 May 1973 was held after the appointment of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Foley to the European Commission. Held continuously by Labour since 1935 it was retained in this by-election.
Eleanor Patricia Smith is a British Labour politician and trade unionist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West from 2017 to 2019. She served as the President of the trade union Unison from 2011 to 2012,and the Vice President from 2009 to 2011.
