Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
Table title:
Elections in the 1970s
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Conservative </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Geoffrey Howe </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 23,563 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 51.16 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liberal </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kenneth Vaus </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15,544 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 33.75 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Allonby </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6,946 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15.08 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8,019 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17.41 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 83.58 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Conservative hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did the Conservative party perform in East Surrey?
Answer:
A Conservative Party MP won against the opposition candidate who got 33.75% of the vote.