Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16840
Liberal 4339

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Dec, 1919
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11148
Labour 10077

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16803
Liberal 9128
Labour 4735

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13495
Liberal 12612
Labour 3992

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20272
Liberal 11580
Labour 5876

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25449
Liberal 18372
Labour 10105

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Sep, 1930
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12782
Liberal 11176
Right 9483
Labour 5942

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 47077
Labour 9265

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39741
Labour 11800
Liberal 7370

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26108
Labour 19849
Liberal 12177

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26367
Labour 20810
Liberal 5990

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23042
Labour 12354
Liberal 4847

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25710
Labour 13585

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24612
Labour 11473

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27055
Labour 11603

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20417
Labour 9090
Liberal 8650
Other 461
Left 234

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20117
Labour 10290
Liberal 8060

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22364
Labour 9328
Liberal 5982

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745187/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024