Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Liberal (2) 2930 Elected
Liberal 1683
Conservative 1606
Independent Liberal (1) 770

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3760 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2236

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3733 Elected
Liberal Unionist 1758
Scottish Socialist Fed. & Scot. Utd. Trades Cncils. Lab. Pty. 434

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3028 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2459

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3935 Elected
Liberal Unionist 1857

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3965 Elected
Liberal Unionist 1980

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3771 Elected
Conservative 1947

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 7161 Elected
Coalition Liberal 6797

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12876 Elected
National Liberal 9371

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13186 Elected
Liberal 6225

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13628 Elected
Conservative 8897

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16762 Elected
Liberal 6745
Conservative 4889

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17293 Elected
Labour 10566
Communist Party of Great Britain 1319

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12612 Elected
Labour 9659
Liberal 1086

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Dec, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4771 Elected
Independent Labour Party 1950

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10921 Elected
Conservative 6701
Liberal 2262
Independent 232

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16568 Elected
Conservative 13631
Liberal 3446
Communist Party of Great Britain 646
Independent 282

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18429 Elected
Conservative 16847

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16735 Elected
Conservative 15796

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15849 Elected
Conservative 15232

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14174 Elected
Conservative 12082

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13682 Elected
Conservative 9667

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9561 Elected
Conservative 8000
Scottish National Party 1666
Liberal 1486

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11354 Elected
Conservative 10393
Liberal 4180
Scottish National Party 4074

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11129 Elected
Conservative 7176
Scottish National Party 6866
Liberal 2463

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12191 Elected
Conservative 7530
Liberal 3096
Scottish National Party 2486
Scottish Labour 176

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14095 Elected
Labour 11529
Social Democratic Party 9498
Scottish National Party 1810
Communist Party of Great Britain 119

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16502 Elected
Conservative 14240
Liberal 7333
Scottish National Party 2559
Green 438

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15189 Elected
Conservative 13063
Scottish National Party 5539
Liberal Democrat 4500
Green 630
Liberal 235

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20125 Elected
Conservative 9055
Scottish National Party 6750
Liberal Democrat 5605
Green 607
Referendum Party 495
Independent 98

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14495 Elected
Liberal Democrat 6353
Conservative 5643
Scottish National Party 4832
Green 1809
Scottish Socialist Party 1258

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh Central BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736204/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 08th June 2024