Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Liberal (National Liberal & Conservative) 10912 Elected
Labour 6521

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal & Conservative 10969 Elected
Labour 6104

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal & Conservative 9929 Elected
Labour 6003

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal & Conservative 7813 Elected
Labour 4815
Liberal 3918

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6923 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 5516
Labour 4767

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7348 Elected
Labour 5304
Conservative 4820

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6418 Elected
Liberal 5617
Labour 5023
Scottish National Party 2268

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7908 Elected
Scottish National Party 5037
Liberal 4621
Labour 4336

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 7954 Elected
Scottish National Party 7291
Labour 3440
Liberal 1747

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 10650 Elected
Scottish National Party 5915
Labour 5055
Liberal 3496

More information about the 1979 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, Ross and Cromarty CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739126/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 06th November 2024