Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9992 Elected
Liberal 5781

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9178 Elected
Labour 6382
Liberal 4043

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7081 Elected
Labour 6837
Liberal 5837

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Constitutionalist 11312 Elected
Labour 8246
Liberal 3745

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11039 Elected
Conservative 9665
Liberal 7145

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18815 Elected
Labour 9983
Liberal 3198

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16866 Elected
Labour 14378

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15650 Elected
Conservative 9118
Liberal 5854

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18478 Elected
Conservative 15206
Liberal 5654

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19036 Elected
Conservative 18016
Liberal 2815
Independent 175

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16873 Elected
Labour 15744
Liberal 3882

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16622 Elected
Labour 13721
Liberal 4974
Independent Labour Party 183

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14140 Elected
Labour 13745
Liberal 5042

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15703 Elected
Conservative 13896
Liberal 3229

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13158 Elected
Labour 7679

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14260 Elected
Labour 13732
Liberal 2547

More information about the 1970 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, Walthamstow East BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754188/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th May 2024