Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15842 Elected
Liberal 4283
Labour 3070

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19960 Elected
Liberal 9080

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Dec, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14301 Elected
Independent Conservative 8434

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Aug, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11884 Elected
Liberal 9763

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16625 Elected
Labour 7388
Liberal 5698

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22423 Elected
Labour 8310

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15068 Elected
Labour 10127
Independent Conservative 9505
Liberal 6214

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32634 Elected
Labour 7715

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27416 Elected
Labour 9043

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jul, 1939
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15810 Elected
Labour 12783

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31124 Elected
Labour 17545

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30548 Elected
Labour 17350

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27887 Elected
Labour 13600

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27892 Elected
Labour 11979

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24387 Elected
Labour 13904

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22713 Elected
Labour 14738

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23962 Elected
Labour 13847

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26824 Elected
Labour 15842
Liberal 10307
Marxist-Leninist 394

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23379 Elected
Labour 15308
Liberal 9807
Marxist-Leninist 612

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26835 Elected
Labour 15306
Liberal 6487
National Front 457

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25101 Elected
Social Democratic Party 12766
Labour 11324
Independent Liberal 554
National Front 279
Independent 172

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Jun, 1984
Party Votes Outcome
Social Democratic Party (1981) 15358 Elected
Conservative 14017
Labour 10846
National Front 226
Green 190
Independent Liberal 113
Independent (1) 50
Independent (2) 42
Independent (3) 41

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23534 Elected
Social Democratic Party 23329
Labour 7047
Independent 455

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22798 Elected
Liberal Democrat 22556
Labour 7857
Green 349
Natural Law 91

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 20421 Elected
Conservative 16094
Labour 13086
Referendum Party 1629
Liberal 184
UK Independence Party 141
Natural Law 140

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 17490 Elected
Conservative 11397
Labour 9361
Socialist Alliance 647
UK Independence Party 321

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 17047 Elected
Conservative 13685
Labour 8714
UK Independence Party 928

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 18921 Elected
Conservative 13721
Labour 5640
UK Independence Party 876
British National Party 873
Green 716
English Democrats 400
Justice & Anti-Corruption Party 117

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14585 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9344
Labour 8184
UK Independence Party 5595
Green 3145
Independent 716
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 235
Justice & Anti-Corruption Party 99

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18290 Elected
Conservative 16736
Liberal Democrat 7699
UK Independence Party 1129
Green 712

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23068 Elected
Conservative 17705
Liberal Democrat 5418
Brexit Party 994
Justice & Anti-Corruption Party 240

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, Portsmouth South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746799/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th May 2024