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Sir Edward Heath. Conservative 1970 to 1974. Sir Edward Heath was Prime Minister during a time of industrial upheaval and economic decline during which he led Britain into the European...
Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.
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Sir Edward Heath was the Conservative prime minister of Great Britain from 1970 to 1974. Although he was of modest origins, Heath was educated at Oxford, where he was elected president of the University Conservative Association in 1937.
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The voters elect Members of Parliament (MPs), and the MPs choose the prime minister. The system grew in stages as the Commons grew in power and the monarch's authority dwindled. The current prime minister has been Rishi Sunak since 25 October 2022.
Aug 4, 2015 · Sir Edward Heath became Conservative Party leader more than 50 years ago and served as UK prime minister between 1970 and 1974.
Edward Heath was Prime Minister for less than four years. His ministry was troubled by industrial relations and economic problems. In his great rivalry with Harold Wilson, it is the latter who won most of the electoral and parliamentary battles.
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British; leader of the Conservative Party 1965–75, Prime Minister 1970–4; Kt. 1992 Ted Heath was the only son of a carpenter, later a master builder. He was educated at Chatham School, Ramsgate, and Balliol College, Oxford.
