Edward Heath

Edward Heath, newly elected leader of the Conservative Party, outside his home, London, 27 July 1965. PRISMA ARCHIVO/Alamy Stock Photo.

The Conservative Party Popularity Contest

How the first Conservative leadership election modernised the party in the 1960s.

Ted Heath in 1966

Bad Blood: Powell, Heath and the Tory Party

Robert Pearce investigates the fierce rivalry of two very different Conservatives.