 From 1960, Marlowe pressed for private healthcare patients to be given the right to buy prescription drugs at the same prices as those charged to NHS patients.In general Marlowe was a right-winger, and he abstained on a vote to endorse the Macmillan government's bid to join the European Economic Community.Safely re-elected at the 1964 general election, Marlowe suffered a mild heart attack at the end of March 1965.