WI Harold Wilson wins the 1970 election?

What if Labour wins the 1970 election, albeit with a reduced majority? How would this affect the negotiations between the UK and the EEC, as during this time Labour was more divided regarding EEC membership than the Conservatives were.

Having lost twice to Wilson, would the Conservatives throw out Ted Heath? Who would be the likeliest to replace him? What made me post this thread was the "What if Gordon Banks had played" timeline. Somehow, I doubt that a Wilson victory in 1970 would lead to the UK becoming the quasi-fascist state it is in the late 1970s in WIGBHP, but that's just me.
 
What if Labour wins the 1970 election, albeit with a reduced majority? How would this affect the negotiations between the UK and the EEC, as during this time Labour was more divided regarding EEC membership than the Conservatives were.

Having lost twice to Wilson, would the Conservatives throw out Ted Heath? Who would be the likeliest to replace him? What made me post this thread was the "What if Gordon Banks had played" timeline. Somehow, I doubt that a Wilson victory in 1970 would lead to the UK becoming the quasi-fascist state it is in the late 1970s in WIGBHP, but that's just me.

Tory leader: possibly Reggie Maudling or Iain Macleod. The latter died almost at once of course. Would Wilson take the UK into the EEC, given the party division? He was a canny old fox. But I don't remember if there were commitments.
 
Tory leader: possibly Reggie Maudling or Iain Macleod. The latter died almost at once of course. Would Wilson take the UK into the EEC, given the party division? He was a canny old fox. But I don't remember if there were commitments.

Hmm hard to say. Labour tried in the late 60's but De Gaulle nixed it. Wilson might have held a referendum in 70/71
 
What if Labour wins the 1970 election, albeit with a reduced majority? How would this affect the negotiations between the UK and the EEC, as during this time Labour was more divided regarding EEC membership than the Conservatives were.

Having lost twice to Wilson, would the Conservatives throw out Ted Heath? Who would be the likeliest to replace him? What made me post this thread was the "What if Gordon Banks had played" timeline. Somehow, I doubt that a Wilson victory in 1970 would lead to the UK becoming the quasi-fascist state it is in the late 1970s in WIGBHP, but that's just me.

If you want another right-wing candidate, you could try Peter Thorneycroft, perhaps having him win at Honiton in March 1967 instead of taking a life peerage in 1967. He had been Chancellor of the Exchequer (resigning in '58) and Defence Secretary under MacMillan.
 
Wilson might try to have Britain join the EEC - Labour may have been more divided over the issue than the Conservatives were back then (Oh, how times change!) but he had may a go of already as stated above. You might have a similar situation to OTL in that Benn and other Labour eurosceptics make a referendum happen on public approval of British ascendancy to the Common Market. It would also depend on who Wilson's successor would be - IRRC he intended to resign as party leader a few years after winning his next election, but was delayed thanks to the OTL Conservative victory in 1970.

As for Heath, he'd certainly be gone. Losing two elections would be nigh impossible for most party leaders to stay on, short of being a really minor party that only has a handful of members to begin with. You'd have a few options for who'd replace him though. Enoch Powell is obviously one of them, but that's been done many a time and often falls into the trap that Gordon Banks and others do of making Britain a far-right quasi-dictatorship. Joseph would also be a figure on the right who could stand, or Julian Amery as a pro-EEC right-winger. From the liberal wing you've got Maudling, though he had mixed opinions from the party then too. Anthony Barber would be another possible contender though.
 
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