Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Nov, 1921
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15959 Elected
Liberal 13943

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18462 Elected
Liberal 16239

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16812 Elected
Liberal 15197
Labour 3487

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21017 Elected
Liberal 13217
Labour 4277

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25540 Elected
Liberal 16029
Labour 8529

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 41194 Elected
Labour 7585

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30494 Elected
Labour 10320
Liberal 6206

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th May, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11077 Elected
National Independent 4146

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24684 Elected
Labour 12015
Communist Party of Great Britain 10058

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33927 Elected
Labour 22832
Liberal 5122
Communist Party of Great Britain 1191

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36417 Elected
Labour 25643

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33294 Elected
Labour 20568
Communist Party of Great Britain 1442

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24169 Elected
Labour 21038

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30048 Elected
Labour 17710
Liberal 5706
Communist Party of Great Britain 1107

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22590 Elected
Labour 18528
Liberal 6015
Communist Party of Great Britain 1258

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21116 Elected
Labour 20501
Liberal 5026
Communist Party of Great Britain 1184

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21434 Elected
Labour 17645
Liberal 3755
Communist Party of Great Britain 624
Socialist Party of Great Britain 156

More information about the 1970 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, Hornsey BCon/PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740130/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th May 2024