Edward Heath vs Jeremy Thorpe

Edward Heath and Jeremy Thorpe faced each other at the 1970 and February 1974 and October 1974 general elections: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Edward Heath

Party: Conservative
Elections: 4
Most seats: 1
Best: 330 seats

Jeremy Thorpe

Party: Liberal
Elections: 3
Most seats: 0
Best: 14 seats

October 1974

318 for a majority

Lab319
Con277
Lib13
SNP11
UUP6
Smaller parties9

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Edward Heath	Conservative	277	35.9%	10,464,817
Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal	13	18.3%	5,346,764

February 1974

318 for a majority

Lab301
Con296
Lib14
SNP7
UUP7
Smaller parties10

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Edward Heath	Conservative	296	37.8%	11,834,346
Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal	14	19.3%	6,059,550

1970

316 for a majority

Con330
Lab287
Lib6
Oth6
SNP1

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Edward Heath PM	Conservative	330	46.4%	13,145,061
Jeremy Thorpe	Liberal	6	7.5%	2,116,838

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