Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12312 Elected
Independent 7235

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13276 Elected
Conservative 9867
Independent 425

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10444 Elected
Conservative 9991
Labour 3272

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12361 Elected
Labour 9427
Liberal 5386

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15294 Elected
Conservative 14263
Liberal 5523

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22966 Elected
Labour 14160

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16653 Elected
Labour 13285
Liberal 4319

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15823 Elected
Conservative 11180

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25472 Elected
Conservative 21673
Anti-Partitionist 1092

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26597 Elected
Conservative 22535
Anti-Partitionist 1340

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19020 Elected
Conservative 17582

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21294 Elected
Conservative 18379

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21677 Elected
Conservative 13285

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19412 Elected
Conservative 10813
Independent Labour 1931

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20110 Elected
Conservative 11496

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27301 Elected
Conservative 12366
Liberal 6258
Communist Party 586

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27633 Elected
Conservative 10743
Liberal 4266
Communist Party 516

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26900 Elected
Conservative 11741
Liberal 4531
Independent Liberal 911

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27282 Elected
Conservative 12143
Social Democratic Party 12068

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34975 Elected
Conservative 10498
Social Democratic Party 6820

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th May, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26737 Elected
Conservative 3220
Liberal Democrat 3179
Green 1267
Liberal 474
Monster Raving Loony Party 418
Social Democratic Party (1988) 155
Independent 27

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Oct, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22052 Elected
Conservative 2587
Liberal Democrat 2216
Green 557
Monster Raving Loony Party 310
Liberal 291
Independent 132

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 37464 Elected
Conservative 8022
Liberal Democrat 3301
Liberal 1174
Natural Law 264

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31668 Elected
Conservative 3247
Liberal Democrat 2191
Referendum Party 571
Socialist Party of Great Britain 420
Natural Law 126

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21400 Elected
Liberal Democrat 2357
Conservative 2194
Socialist Labour Party 971
Socialist Alliance 672

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19345 Elected
Liberal Democrat 2988
Conservative 1580
UK Independence Party 1054
Socialist Alternative 655

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27426 Elected
Liberal Democrat 6245
Conservative 3678
UK Independence Party 2514
British National Party 942
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 472

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33619 Elected
UK Independence Party 4915
Conservative 3639
Green 1501
Liberal Democrat 978
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 500

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42259 Elected
Conservative 6059
Liberal Democrat 837
Green 709
Scottish Labour Party 424

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39066 Elected
Conservative 4510
Brexit Party 2610
Liberal Democrat 1822
Green 1166

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, Bootle PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741224/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024