Word: bexley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from another party. Swept out of the House were a dozen former Tory ministers, including onetime Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft, former Aviation Minister Julian Amery, and onetime Minister of Agriculture Christopher Soames. Ted Heath managed to hold on to his seat in the genteel London suburb of Bexley, but his majority fell...
...majority of 167. The National Opinion Poll is showing a swing to Labour of five and a quarter per cent, enough to give Labour a majority over the Conservatives of around 190. If the swing is 4.3 per cent or more, Heath will lose his own constituency of Bexley...
...gentleman's second at Oxford, but came out a remarkable first in the civil service exams. After a stint in the civil service, he went into banking as an executive trainee, finally found his calling when the Tories invited him in 1950 to stand for Parliament in Bexley. He ousted the incumbent Laborite by 133 votes. He mastered the intricacies of the House so well that by 1955 he was Chief Whip and played a critical role in holding the Tories together through the tumultuous days of the Suez crisis. A Cabinet post (Labor) and the Common Market portfolio...
...piano. His name helped: to most Britons even today, the Ted Heath (no kin) is a bandleader, and young voters occasionally attended his rallies under the impression that there would be dancing. In the 1950 election Heath squeaked in by 133 votes. By assiduous nursing he carried Bexley by 1,639 votes the following year; in 1959 his margin was 8,633, a swing of 20,000 votes in 15 years...
After his election to Parliament, "Teddy" Heath trimmed a syllable from his first name and several inches from his haircut. With help from a Savile Row tailor, the spruce new member for Bexley looked the very image of the up-and-coming New Conservative...