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The following states voted for Hoff/Burroughs: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and District of Colombia. That was 21 states plus DC

These states voted for Percy/Evans: Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas. Utah, Virginia, Wyoming. A total of 22 states.

The following seven states were won by Jackson/Wallace: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina.
 
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Here are the percentage votes for each candidates (1968 election party vote)
Hoff/Burrough (SD): 40.3 (39.2)
Percy/Evans (Rep): 37.9 (38.7)
Jackson/ Wallace (Dem): 21.6 (21.8)
Others: 0.2 (0.3)
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Total: 100.0
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Although Jackson won one more state than in 1968, his vote fell in more states than it increased.

A majority of women, working class and non college educated voters, trade unionists, African Americans, Hispanics, Catholics, Jews, and city dwellers voted Hoff. A majority of men, middle class and college educated voters, Protestants, and rural dwellers voted for Percy. The African American vote was 72.8% for Hoff, and 27.2% for Percy.

There were also elections to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. The number of seats for each party in the House after the elections were as follows:
Social Democrat: 179 (171)
Republican: 167 (162)
Democrat: 89 (102)
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Total: 435 (435)
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Philip Burton was re-elected as Speaker, and Gerald Ford continued as Minority Leader.

The composition of the Senate after the elections was as follows:
Democrat: 37 (42)
Social Democrat: 35 (32)
Republican: 28 (26)
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Total: 100 (100)
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Lyndon Baines Johnson having retired from the Senate, Democrat Senators chose James Eastland, Senator from Mississippi, as Majority Leader.
 

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Here is the composition of the United States Senate by state and party after the 1972 elections. D = Democrat, R = Republican, SD = Social Democrat.
Alabama: 2 D, Alaska: 1 D, 1 R, Arizona: 1 R, 1 SD, Arkansas: 2D, California: 2SD, Colorado: 2SD, Connecticut: 1R, 1SD, Delaware: 1D, 1SD, Florida: 2D, Georgia: 2D, Hawaii: 1R, 1SD, Idaho: 2R, Illinois: 1D, 1SD, Indiana: 1D, 1R, Iowa: 1D, 1R, Kansas: 1R, 1SD, Kentucky: 1D, 1R, Louisiana: 2D, Maine: 2R, Maryland: 1D, 1SD, Massachusetts: 1R, 1SD, Michigan: 1D, 1SD, Minnesota: 2SD, Mississippi: 2D, Missouri: 2D, Montana: 1D, 1SD, Nebraska: 1R, 1SD, Nevada: 1R, 1SD, New Hampshire: 1R, 1SD, New Jersey: 1D, 1SD, New Mexico: 2SD, New York: 1R, 1SD, North Carolina: 2D, North Dakota: 1R, 1SD, Ohio: 1D, 1R, Oklahoma: 1D, 1SD, Oregon: 1R, 1SD, Pennsylvania: 1R, 1SD, Rhode Island: 1D, 1SD, South Carolina: 2D, South Dakota: 1R. 1SD, Tennessee: 1D, 1R, Texas: 2D, Utah: 1D, 1R, Vermont: 1R, 1SD, Virginia: 1D, 1R, Washington: 1D, 1SD, West Virginia: 2SD Wisconsin: 2SD, Wyoming: 2R. Total: D=37,, SD= 35, R= 28.
 
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In this TL there was no OTL Local Government Reorganization Act 1972. So the metropolitan counties such as Greater Manchester, and Merseyside were not created, counties such as Rutland, and Westmorland were not abolished, and new counties such as Avon, and Humberside were not created. In Scotland and Wales the existing counties were maintained. In Scotland regional authorities such as Strathclyde were not established. In Wales counties were not combined to form new counties such as Dyfed, though the counties could be called by their Welsh names.

The Conservative Party wanted metropolitan counties to be created, as well as the Greater London Council (GLC) restored in place of the London and Middlesex county councils. The GLC had been created in 1963 but abolished in 1966.
 

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The election to the UK Senate was held on 1 March 1973. The number of elected Senators for each party and Independents were as follows (1967 election):
Conservative and Unionist : 127 (123 )
Socialist Labour and Northern Ireland Labour: 82 (83)
Liberal and Progressive : 66 (71)
Plaid Cymru: 2 (2)
SNP: 2 (1)
Irish Nationalist: 1 (1)
Independents: 5 (4)
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Total: 285 (285)
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There were also 50 Conservative, 50 Liberal, 50 Socialist Labour and 25 Independent Life Senators, that is a total of 175. These were unchanged since 1967. The total number of Senators for each party and Independents were as follows:
Conservative and Unionist: 177 (173)
Socialist Labour and Northern Ireland Labour: 132 (133)
Liberal and Progressive: 116 (121)
Plaid Cymru: 2 (2)
SNP: 2 (2).z
Irish Nationalist: 1 (1)
Independents: 30 (29)
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Total: 460 (460)
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The Liberal/Socialist Labour coalition majority was 36.

Adrian Liddell Hart, Liberal MP for Skipton and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from June 1969 to September 1972 was elected Liberal Senator for
Yorkshire Dales. . The subsequent by-election for Skipton took place on 12 April 1973. The percentage votes for each party were as follows (1969 general election)
Burnaby Drayson ( Conservative: 43.1 (38.5)
Claire Brooks (Liberal): 41.8 (47.3)
Socialist Labour: 15.1 (14.2)
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Conservative majority: 1.3 ( Liberal majority: 8.8)
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Conservative gain from Liberal. There was a swing of 5.05% from Liberal.

Although the Liberals lost the seat, the swing to the Tories of just over five per cent was good for a governing party in a mid term by- election. The next general election
must take place no later than 8 July 1974.
 

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The United Arab Republic was commonly known as Iraq-Syria.

After a failed military coup in Syria in 1970, its leader Hafez al-Assad was executed.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was Shah of Iran. As he was in OTL.

Lebanon became independent from France in 1948. Its government was a careful balancing act between Christians, Muslims and Druze. In 1973 Camille Chamoun, a Maronite Christian, was President.
 

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A general election was held in Ireland on Wednesday 23 June 1971, The number of seats in the Dail won by each party were as follows (1967 general election):
Fianna Fail: 70 (89)
Labour: 65 (52)
Fine Gael: 24 (18)
Independents: 2 (2)
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Total: 161 (161)
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Brendan Corish became Taioseach at the head of a Labour/Fine Gael coalition govermment. Thomas O' Higgins (Fine Gael) became Tanaiste and Minister for Industry and Commerce. Justin Keating (Lab) was appointed Minister for Finance,
Michael O' Leary (Lab) Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Garret Fitzgerald (FG)
Minister for Justice.
 

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A general election for the Northern Ireland House of Commons took place on Thursday 27 April 1972. The number of seats won by each party were as follows (June 1967 general election):
Ulster Unionist: 28 (22)
Progressive Unionist: 12 (14)
Northern Ireland Labour: 8 (11)
Nationalist: 4 (5)
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Total: 52 (52)
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William Craig became Prime Minister at the head of an Ulster Unionist government, in place of Terence O' Neill (Progressive Unionist).
 

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In May 1972 the new Ulster Unionist government in Northern Ireland withdrew from the Council of Ireland.

The British composer and pianist, Stanley Bate, did not die on 19 October 1959 because of complications due to alcoholism following a nervous breakdown, as he did in OTL. [1] He continued to compose music after that date. In February 1970 he came out publicly as gay. He was knighted in the 1972 New Years Honours, when he was sixty years old.

[1] For Bate see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Bate
 

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In 1973 there was a major redistribution of seats in the House of Commons. The total number of seats was reduced from 643 to 637. The changes were as follows:
Arundel and Shoreham divided into two constituencies, Billericay replaced by Basildon. Bilston replaced by Wolverhampton South East, Birmingham Aston, and Moseley abolished, new constituency of Birmingham Erdington, Blackburn East and Blackburn West combined into Blackburn, Bradford East, and Bristol Central both abolished, Buckinghamshire South replaced by Marlow, Bury abolished, Camberwell North abolished, Cardiff North divided into Cardiff North East, and North West, Dudley divided into East and West constituencies, Dunfermline Burghs became Dunfermline.
To be continued.
 
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Redistribution of seats continued:
East Ham North and East Ham South combined into East Ham, new constituency of East Kilbride. Epping became Epping Forest. In Glasgow the constituencies of Bridgeton, Camlachie, Gorbals, and Tradeston abolished, new constituencies of Garscadden, Provan, and Queen's Park. Gosport and Fareham divided into two. Hammersmith North and Hammersmith South combined into Hammersmith, Heywood and Radcliffe abolished, Isle of Thanet, Islington East and Islington South West abolished. Kensington North and Kensington South amalgamated, Kingston-Upon-North abolished, new constituency of Central, Kingswinsford abolished. Kirkcaldy Burghs became Kirkcaldy. Leicester North abolished. Liverpool Exchange and Liverpool Scotland abolished, new constituencies of Scotland Exchange, and Garston, Luton divided into East and West. Manchester Cheetham and Manchester Clayton abolished, new constituency of Central. Newburn replaced by Blyth, Norfolk Central abolished, Northampton divided into North and South constituencies, Nottingham Central and Nottingham South abolished, new constituency of East. Oldbury and Halesowen, and Otley abolished. Paddington North and Paddington South merged into new Paddington constituency. The constituencies of Poplar and Stepney were combined into Poplar and Stepney. Portsmouth West, and Prescot abolished, Readiing split into North and South, Rhondda East and Rhondda West combined, Rugeley replaced by Lichfield and Tamworth. Shoreditch and Finsbury abolished, new constituencies of Hackney South and Shoreditch, and Islington South and Finsbury. Smethwick abolished, Stafford, and Stone combined into one constituency. Stirling and Falkirk Burghs became Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. Sudbury, and Woodbridge merged into one constituency. Torrington abolished, Torquay became Torbay. Walthamstow East and Walthamstow West combined into Walthamstow. Wandsworth Central abolished, new Tooting constituency. New constituencies of Warley East and Warley West. Wednesbury was abolished and West Bromwich split into East and West. West Ham North and West Ham South amalgamated into West Ham, Wirral South and Wirral West combined into new Wirral constituency. Wolverhampton East and Wolverhampton West became North East and South West. Bedworth, Elland, Rothwell, and Royton were also abolished.

New constituencies of Aldridge-Brownhills, Bebington and Ellesmere Port, Beeston, Blaby, Brentwood and Ongar, Bury and Radcliffe, Chesham and Amersham, Halesowen and Stourbridge, Havant and Waterloo, Hazel Grove, Heywood and Royton, Mid Sussex, North West Surrey, Royal Tunbridge Wells, South Hertfordshire, Upminster, Woodstock, and Wotton-under- Edge.

Other changes were Bromsgrove to Bromsgrove and Redditch, Chigwell to Chingford, Dover to Dover and Deal, Horsham to Horsham and Crawley, Pontefract to Pontefract and Castleford, Tonbridge to Tonbridge and Malling, and Windsor to Windsor to Maidenhead.

The number of seats in England were reduced from 523 to 516. The number in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales remained unchanged at 17, 67, and 36 respectively.
 
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There was much local opposition to some Boundary Commission proposals for constituency changes. The Commissioners wanted to change the name of King's Lynn to North West Norfolk, and Tavistock to West Devon. These constituencies kept their original names. Also the Commissioners wanted the new constituency in southern Gloucestershire to be called for the village of Kingswood. [1] Local people wanted it to be named for the historic village of Wotton-under-Edge. [2] They were successful, and it was given that name. After local opposition, the proposed Mid Oxfordshire constituency was called Woodstock, after that historic town. [3]

The Commissioners wanted to divide the historic constituency of Barnard Castle among its neighbours. However it was saved with boundary changes in adjacent constituencies in County Durham.

[1] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingswood,_Stroud_District.

[2] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotton_under_Edge

[3] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Oxfordshire
 
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Government ministers whose constituencies were abolished by the redistribution of seats were as follows: Rosa Bancroft. Education and Science Secretary (East Ham North); Anthony Crosland, Paymaster-General (Blackburn East); Roy Jenkins, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Hammersmith North). They were all Socialist Labour. In the Conservative shadow cabinet, Hugh Fraser, the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (Stafford).

348 constituencies had major boundary changes, and 111 minor boundary alterations.
 

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Tributes were paid in the House of Commons and across the political spectrum to Iain Macleod, following his death on 20 July 1970. He was Conservative MP for Enfield West and shadow Leader of the House of Commons. In the subsequent shadow cabinet reshuffle, party leader, Robert Carr, made the following changes:
Hugh Fraser from shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to shadow Leader of the House of Commons; Peter Thorneycroft from Shadow Home Secretary to shadow Chancellor; Reginald Maudling from shadow Trade and Industry Secretary to shadow Home Secretary; Peter Walker from shadow Transport Secretary to shadow Trade and Industry Secretary. Patrick Jenkin joined the shadow cabinet as shadow Transport Secretary. The other members of the shadow cabinet are listed on post #3033, page 52.

In the Enfield West by-election on 15 October 1970, Sir Keith Joseph was elected with a majority of 12.4% over Liberal. In the 1969 general election Macleod had a majority of 4.1% over Liberal.

Richard Crossman died on 5 April 1974. He was Socialist Labour MP for Coventry North-East and Chairman of the Environment Select Committee of the House of Commons. There was not a by-election in Coventry North- East because a general election was due within three months.
 
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I suppose it was too much to hope that he would move to the private sector after snatching defeat from the jaws of victory last year.
 

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No one was surprised when an announcement was made from 10 Downing Street on
21 May 1974, that a general election would be held on 20 June. Parliament would be dissolved on 31 May, nominations close on 10 June, and Parliament reassemble on 2 July.

Roger Fulford, the former Liberal leader and Prime Minister, was retiring as MP for Loughborough.
 

thevaliant

This TL has been going a very long time, and doesn't seem to get many comments at all.

Just a point, in a recent update, people who died OTL seemed to die on the same day. Richard Crossman and Ian Macleod.
The POD is 6th December 1923, and without going through all the timeline, is there no such thing as butterflies? Are people doomed to die on the same day as OTL, even if the circumstances that might've led to the death aren't recreated? If Wikipedia (I know, I know) is correct, Macleod's death is from a heart attack; caused by overworking, smoking and a war time injury. Surely butterflies might remove some, or all three of these circumstances.......
 

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thevaliant said:
This TL has been going a very long time, and doesn't seem to get many comments at all.

Just a point, in a recent update, people who died OTL seemed to die on the same day. Richard Crossman and Ian Macleod.
The POD is 6th December 1923, and without going through all the timeline, is there no such thing as butterflies? Are people doomed to die on the same day as OTL, even if the circumstances that might've led to the death aren't recreated? If Wikipedia (I know, I know) is correct, Macleod's death is from a heart attack; caused by overworking, smoking and a war time injury. Surely butterflies might remove some, or all three of these circumstances.......
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If david Penhaligon dies in a visit to a sub post office i will be annoyed.........
 

pipisme

thevaliant said:
This TL has been going a very long time, and doesn't seem to get many comments at all.

Just a point, in a recent update, people who died OTL seemed to die on the same day. Richard Crossman and Ian Macleod.
The POD is 6th December 1923, and without going through all the timeline, is there no such thing as butterflies? Are people doomed to die on the same day as OTL, even if the circumstances that might've led to the death aren't recreated? If Wikipedia (I know, I know) is correct, Macleod's death is from a heart attack; caused by overworking, smoking and a war time injury. Surely butterflies might remove some, or all three of these circumstances.......
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My general rule is that people who die from natural causes in OTL die from the same causes and on the same date as in OTL.

David Penhaligon will not die in a road accident. He could be alive in 2021 when he will be alive in 77 years old.
 
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