Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11677 Elected
Liberal 5166

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11678 Elected
Liberal 11008

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13944 Elected
Conservative 10026

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13633 Elected
Liberal 10435
Labour 2467
Independent 236

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20948 Elected
Conservative 19063
Labour 7853

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36097 Elected
Liberal 21379

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35564 Elected
Labour 12248
Liberal 9298

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30881 Elected
Labour 22634
Liberal 13107

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22817 Elected
Labour 14206
Liberal 6591

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26804 Elected
Labour 14604

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25707 Elected
Labour 13054
Liberal 5077

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23170 Elected
Labour 13476
Liberal 7675

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18259 Elected
Labour 13117
Liberal 9860

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16676 Elected
Labour 16029
Liberal 6150

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18854 Elected
Labour 15365
Liberal 4540

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17997 Elected
Labour 13584
Liberal 10877

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16937 Elected
Labour 14936
Liberal 7555

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18862 Elected
Labour 15510
Liberal 5387
Feudal 157

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18329 Elected
Labour 15956
Social Democratic Party 12231
Independent 184

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21650 Elected
Conservative 18259
Liberal 9978
Green 524

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23962 Elected
Conservative 14227
Liberal Democrat 6457
Green 725
Natural Law 128

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27103 Elected
Conservative 8522
Liberal Democrat 6000
Referendum Party 1079
People's Labour Party 614
Socialist Party of Great Britain 376
Rainbow Dream Ticket 181
Natural Law 152

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19239 Elected
Liberal Democrat 7715
Conservative 5349
Green 1539
Socialist Alliance 1208

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 15872 Elected
Labour 15205
Conservative 3919
Green 1595
UK Independence Party 424
Independent (1) 243
Independent (2) 152
Their Party 47

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 20110 Elected
Labour 18216
Conservative 5005
Green 798
UK Independence Party 698
Independent (1) 147
Independent (2) 57

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26843 Elected
Liberal Democrat 11970
Conservative 4872
Green 4048
UK Independence Party 2172
Independent 61

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 38424 Elected
Liberal Democrat 8549
Conservative 5530
Green 865
Women's Equality Party 234

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35902 Elected
Liberal Democrat 7997
Conservative 5820
Green 1968
Brexit Party 1308

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749612/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024