330Conservative seats
46.4%Largest party’s vote share
72.0%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day18 June 1970
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won330
03Vote share46.4%
04Turnout72.0%
Government outcome
Conservative government · majority 31.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative330
Labour288
Liberal6
SNP / Plaid Cymru1
Other parties5
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.