East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1970s
Table:
General Election February 1974: East Surrey

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Conservative

Geoffrey Howe

23,563

51.16

Liberal

Kenneth Vaus

15,544

33.75

Labour

David Allonby

6,946

15.08

Majority

8,019

17.41

Turnout

83.58

Conservative hold

Swing

Looking at the information in the given table titled section "Elections in the 1970s" within East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency), answer the following question with a short sentence: How did the Conservative party perform in East Surrey? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: A Conservative Party MP won against the opposition candidate who got 33.75% of the vote.