Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 205 Elected
Conservative 108
Liberal (2) 104
Liberal (3) 2

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 273 Elected
Liberal (2) 128

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 240 Elected
Conservative (1) 207
Conservative (2) 34

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 333 Elected
Conservative 176

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 430 Elected
Conservative 249

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 506 Elected
Liberal (2) 300

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

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Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2582 Elected
Liberal (2) 2277

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4435 Elected
Conservative 1486

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

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Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4064 Elected
Conservative 3128

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

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Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4965 Elected
Conservative 3958

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

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Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5057 Elected
Conservative 4924

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7417 Elected
Conservative 4119

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9717 Elected
Conservative 3431

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9090 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4854

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7929 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4910

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Mar, 1916
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Oct, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal 19514 Elected
Labour 6425

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15760 Elected
Labour 15735
National Liberal 8121

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22912 Elected
Labour 15717

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23171 Elected
Labour 16852

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18938 Elected
Liberal 18898
Conservative 7110

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 30528 Elected
Labour 20512

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22031 Elected
Liberal 12932
National Labour Organisation 10784

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22410 Elected
National Liberal 15296

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33452 Elected
Conservative 15897
Liberal 9446
Communist Party of Great Britain 415

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33633 Elected
Conservative 20208
Liberal 6270

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31734 Elected
Conservative 21482

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32577 Elected
Conservative 23638

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29694 Elected
Conservative 16344
Liberal 7837

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31829 Elected
Conservative 17340

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30191 Elected
Conservative 19960

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30740 Elected
Conservative 18754
National Front 1958

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26492 Elected
Conservative 11667
Liberal 8106
National Front 711

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28675 Elected
Conservative 15551
Liberal 6003

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19055 Elected
Conservative 12653
Social Democratic Party 9288

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24882 Elected
Conservative 11031
Social Democratic Party 6654
Independent Democrat 408

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24876 Elected
Conservative 11399
Liberal Democrat 5344

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27834 Elected
Conservative 5681
Liberal Democrat 3429
Referendum Party 1660
Independent 374

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19230 Elected
Conservative 5140
Liberal Democrat 5127
UK Independence Party 689
Independent 262

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18269 Elected
Liberal Democrat 5957
Conservative 5207
Independent 773

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18995 Elected
Conservative 7886
Liberal Democrat 5189
British National Party 2382
Green 762
Independent (1) 729
No party listed 316
Independent (2) 168
Fight for an Anti-War Government 91

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd May, 2013
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12493 Elected
UK Independence Party 5988
Conservative 2867
Independent (1) 1331
Independent Socialist Party (2013) 750
British National Party 711
Liberal Democrat 352
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 197
Independent (2) 57

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18589 Elected
UK Independence Party 7975
Conservative 6021
Green 1614
Independent 1427
Liberal Democrat 639

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25078 Elected
Conservative 10570
UK Independence Party 3006
Green 1437
Liberal Democrat 681

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17273 Elected
Conservative 7688
Brexit Party 6446
Independent 3658
Liberal Democrat 1514
Green 1303

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747081/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 15th May 2024