Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 777
Liberal 665
Labour 481

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 1009
Conservative 983
Other 813
Labour 0

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1711
Liberal 1316
Labour 850

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2064
Conservative 1476
Labour 885

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Mar 1926 to 12th Mar, 1926
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2343
Liberal 2000

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4321
Other 3394
Liberal 2281

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4858
Other 4567
Left 3632

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
Other -1

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Mar 1937 to 19th Mar, 1937
Party Votes Outcome
Other 8969
Conservative 4952

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Other 12818
Left 4675

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Mar 1946 to 18th Mar, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Other 9391
Conservative 5483
Left 3414

This was a by-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, English Universities UniCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747822/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024