Groupings of Political Parties


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

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
Liberal 13943

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18462
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
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
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
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
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
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
Other 4146

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24684
Labour 12015
Left 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
Labour 22832
Liberal 5122
Left 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
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
Labour 20568
Left 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
Labour 21038

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30048
Labour 17710
Liberal 5706
Left 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
Labour 18528
Liberal 6015
Left 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
Labour 20501
Liberal 5026
Left 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
Labour 17645
Liberal 3755
Left 780

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

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

Date accessed: 06th June 2024