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Call to Dad On election night, Heath arrived early at the local Tory headquarters in his constituency of Bexley, in Kent. Shortly after 6, he began placing phone calls to Tory election agents around the coun- try. As he sipped his tea and spoke qui etly on the phone, some of the half a dozen friends in the room noticed Heath's eyes take on a sudden light...
...Robert Lambert Heath, who used to be plain old James Robert Lambert, a 28-year-old schoolteacher. He changed his name by deed poll (a simple court procedure costing $6) to aggravate Conservative Party Leader Edward ("Ted") Heath. Since both Edward Heaths are running in suburban London's Bexley constituency, the voters may be confused. The original Edward Heath is not amused. In 1966 he won Bexley by a slim margin and if enough voters are befuddled by the prank, Ted could be in trouble. Even Wilson urged Lambert/ Heath to withdraw...
...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...