1975 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election 1975 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election The 1975 Conservative Party leadership election was held in February 1975, in which the party's sitting MPs voted Margaret Thatcher as party leader on the second ballot. Previous leader Edward Heath stood aside after the first ballot, in which he unexpectedly finished behind Thatcher. The Conservatives were the official Opposition to the Labour government, so Thatcher also became Leader of the Opposition. Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister had called and unexpectedly lost the February 1974 general election. Although the Labour Party were able only to form a minority government,
Ted Heath discography The Ted Heath Years with Lita Roza, Dennis Lotis The Very Best of Ted Heath (Ted Heath Band) vol. 1 The World of Big Band Blues see Big Band Blues The Years of Fame Things to come (Our Kind of Jazz) Those were the Days Transcriptions 1 radio Transcriptions 2 radio Turn on the Heath CD Memoir CDMOIR 532 Selection (untitled) 10 in (Blue Skies etc.) 03/52 West Side Story and other Great Broadway Hits Will ye no come back again (Lydia MacDonald w Ted Heath) Winifred Atwell: Hall of Fame/Rhapsody in blue World of Big Band Blues see Big