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== 1979 general election == | |||
=== What led up to the election === | |||
* Oct 1974, under PM Harold Wilson, Labour won 319 seats | |||
* Heath (Cons) won 277 | |||
* James Callaghan replaced Wilson, became PM | |||
* 3 by-elections defeated | |||
* forced them into minority government | |||
* lot of key issues put the Labour government in question | |||
* Following the defeat of the Scottish Devolution Referendum | |||
* a vote of no confidence was tabled by Thatcher, leader of the conservatives | |||
* (who prior to this defeated Heath with 130 and 146 membership votes in the 1st and 2nd Ballots respectively as Heath had lost 3 out of the 4 General election contested.) | |||
* vote of no confidence passed by just one vote | |||
* forces Callaghan to request a dissolution of the parliament | |||
* triggered the 1970 General Election | |||
=== Key Policies and Campaign === | |||
==== Labour ==== | |||
* tried to focus on its ability to: | |||
* deal with trade unions, | |||
* reiterate their support for the NHS, | |||
* and full employment | |||
==== Conseratives ==== | |||
* tried to persuade the UK public that 'Labour isn't working' | |||
* insisted that Britain could be better with them in charge | |||
=== Media played significant role === | |||
==== Labour ==== | |||
==== Conservatives ==== | |||
== Marmite Politician == | == Marmite Politician == | ||
Marmite: either love it or hate it | Marmite: either love it or hate it | ||
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Examples: Thatcher, Jeremy Corbyn, BoJo | Examples: Thatcher, Jeremy Corbyn, BoJo | ||
== | == 1983 general election == | ||
=== Result of the Election === | === Result of the Election === |