Political Parties


Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20215 Elected
Labour 19670

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24949 Elected
Labour 21693

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23429 Elected
Labour 21341
Liberal 6685

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24337 Elected
Labour 23636
Liberal 5617

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30300 Elected
Labour 22248
Liberal 6825

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28512 Elected
Labour 18402
Liberal 17178

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26869 Elected
Labour 19054
Liberal 13832

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38516 Elected
Labour 18222
Liberal 12143

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32393 Elected
Liberal 19385
Labour 11736

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35584 Elected
Liberal 22229
Labour 11599

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38998 Elected
Liberal Democrat 21296
Labour 15768

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1994
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 24473 Elected
Labour 15234
Conservative 13675
UK Independence Party 952
Monster Raving Loony Party 783
Natural Law 145

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19453 Elected
Conservative 18699
Labour 14883
Referendum Party 2013
UK Independence Party 446

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19360 Elected
Conservative 16302
Labour 10426
UK Independence Party 849
Green 636

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19216 Elected
Conservative 18648
Labour 10238
UK Independence Party 1669

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 24966 Elected
Conservative 21102
Labour 5153
UK Independence Party 1933
English Democrats 249
Independent 154
National Liberal 93

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 2013
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 13342 Elected
UK Independence Party 11571
Conservative 10559
Labour 4088
Independent (1) 768
National Health Action Party 392
Beer 235
Christian Party 163
Monster Raving Loony William Hill Party 136
Peace 128
Elvis loves Pets Party 72
English Democrats 70
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 62
Wessex Regionalists 30

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23464 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14317
UK Independence Party 8783
Labour 7181
Green 1513
Beer 133
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 114

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28889 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14710
Labour 11454
UK Independence Party 1477
Green 750

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32690 Elected
Liberal Democrat 17083
Labour 7559
Green 1639

More information about the 2019 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, Eastleigh CCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735560/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024