Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5239
Conservative 4248

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 4584
Conservative 4418

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 4861
Conservative 4284

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4900
Liberal 4735

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
Conservative 4927
Liberal 4148

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 6020
Conservative 4290

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
Conservative 5877
Liberal 5725

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
Conservative 6274
Liberal 4804

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

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Apr, 1912
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6482
Liberal 5158

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9549
Labour 2817
Other 2166

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10404
Labour 5431
Liberal 4065

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12082
Liberal 8170

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11355
Conservative 9919

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11524
Liberal 10078
Left 2606

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14049
Conservative 11110
Labour 9787

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17484
Liberal 11901
Labour 5339

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16726
Labour 7435
Liberal 4819

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12075
Conservative 11227
Liberal 5658
Other 1072

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20404
Conservative 18079
Liberal 5368

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20865
Conservative 20601
Liberal 2209

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738262/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th May 2024