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Instruction
Answer the question based on the provided table.


Table
Table Title: 'Elections in the 1970s' regarding 'East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)'
Table Content:
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,019 | 17.41 | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | - | 83.58 | - |
| - | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | - | - |


Question
How did the Conservative party perform in East Surrey?


Answer Format
The final answer should be a sentence and use the following format:
```json
{
    "answer": "your_generated_sentence_here"
}
```
rule
["A Conservative Party MP won against the opposition candidate who got 33.75% of the vote."]