Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18958 Elected
Conservative 16997
Liberal 8013

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20850 Elected
Conservative 19847
Liberal 4343

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21587 Elected
Conservative 20540

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20083 Elected
Conservative 15886
Liberal 7890

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18847 Elected
Conservative 15921
Liberal 7559

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21394 Elected
Conservative 18131
Liberal 6144

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21477 Elected
Labour 19954
Liberal 5843
Mebyon Kernow 960

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22500 Elected
Labour 18236
Liberal 13000

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 23950 Elected
Labour 18094
Liberal 6428
Independent Liberal 2246

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 30523 Elected
Labour 13923
Liberal 7489
Mebyon Kernow 1637
National Front 280

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24614 Elected
Social Democratic Party 13589
Labour 10446
Mebyon Kernow 582

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23725 Elected
Social Democratic Party 18686
Labour 11271
Monster Raving Loony Party 373

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21150 Elected
Liberal Democrat 17883
Labour 16732
Liberal 730
Green 466
Monster Raving Loony Party 327
Natural Law 56

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18151 Elected
Conservative 15463
Liberal Democrat 13512
Referendum Party 3534
Independent 1691
Liberal 527
UK Independence Party 355
Mebyon Kernow 238
Monster Raving Loony Party 161

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18532 Elected
Conservative 14005
Liberal Democrat 11453
UK Independence Party 1328
Mebyon Kernow 853
Liberal 649

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 16747 Elected
Labour 14861
Conservative 12644
UK Independence Party 1820
Independent 961
Liberal 423
Mebyon Kernow 370
Veritas 128
Removal Of Tetramasts In Cornwall 61

More information about the 2005 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, Falmouth and Camborne CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737336/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024