Political Parties


Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30743 Elected
Independent Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 9861

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30875 Elected
Sinn Fein 5869
Independent Conservative 517

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jan, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40214 Elected
Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 37561
Labour 1471

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36602 Elected
Sinn Fein 21880

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th May, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35673 Elected
Sinn Fein 19640

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37529 Elected
Sinn Fein 13872

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37700 Elected
Irish Republican 21123

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34729 Elected
Irish Nationalist/Anti-Partitionist 22167
Irish Republican 2860

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39141 Elected
Opposition Unity 27006
Independent Labour 7565

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
UUU Council 33060 Elected
SDLP 23670
Republican Clubs 4889
Labour & Trade Union 1162

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
UUU Council 35138 Elected
SDLP 26118
Republican 2530
Labour & Trade Union 846

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Official Unionist 31592 Elected
SDLP 19185
Alliance Party 5830
Irish Independence 5489
Republican Clubs 888
Derry Lab & TU 639

More information about the 1979 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, Co Londonderry PCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12740645/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 20th May 2024