WI: Harold Wilson wins a solid majority in October 1974

Basically, what would happen if Harold Wilson won a decent majority of 10-15 seats, instead of the razor-thin one he got IOTL. Would he resign sooner or later, or not at all? How would it change the Winter of Discontent, if it isn't butterflied? Would it have that much of an effect on british politics?
 
He would probably resign, simply put he was tired and also his mind was going. He had early on set Alzhemiers and unlike Reagan its much harder to hide that with the British system, especially when he had a reputation as a first class mind.
 
He would probably resign, simply put he was tired and also his mind was going. He had early on set Alzhemiers and unlike Reagan its much harder to hide that with the British system, especially when he had a reputation as a first class mind.

Okay, but when? He did resign OTL in 1976.
 
Okay, but when? He did resign OTL in 1976.
I would say 76 as well as 60th birthday is a good reason and his wife had always wanted him to leave politics and even with a 10 seat majority he is limited by what he could achieve
 
The BBC had a quasi-exit poll which showed Labour on course for a majority of around 120 or 130, and a lead of over 10% in the popular vote. If that had been accurate, then a Tory victory in 1978/79 would have been difficult even with the WoD. Much of the Labour government's problems in OTL came from its lack of a working majority, of course.

But let's not forget that Heath continued on after the narrow October loss for several months, and his defeat to Thatcher came as at least a mild shock. After a heavy defeat he'd have surely resigned immediately, possibly opening the way for a Keith Joseph leadership, assuming that he wouldn't have made the 'cycle of deprivation' speech in this scenario. Even putting that gaffe aside, Joseph came off as someone who made Alec Douglas-Home or Gordon Brown look like men-of-the-common-touch.
 
The BBC had a quasi-exit poll which showed Labour on course for a majority of around 120 or 130, and a lead of over 10% in the popular vote. If that had been accurate, then a Tory victory in 1978/79 would have been difficult even with the WoD. Much of the Labour government's problems in OTL came from its lack of a working majority, of course.

But let's not forget that Heath continued on after the narrow October loss for several months, and his defeat to Thatcher came as at least a mild shock. After a heavy defeat he'd have surely resigned immediately, possibly opening the way for a Keith Joseph leadership, assuming that he wouldn't have made the 'cycle of deprivation' speech in this scenario. Even putting that gaffe aside, Joseph came off as someone who made Alec Douglas-Home or Gordon Brown look like men-of-the-common-touch.
Don't forget that when Heath actually lost OTL the only reason Thatcher won was she was the only non Heath candidate, with Heath standing down, possibly because an even higher Liberal vote handed more Tory seats to Labour without significantly increasing Liberal seats (probably by 6 -8) then Whitelaw is favorite to win. OTL he just started too far behind.
 
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