Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal 11171 Elected
Labour 4050

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15130 Elected
National Liberal 11812

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15087 Elected
Conservative 8369
Liberal 3636

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16573 Elected
Conservative 12554

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20941 Elected
Conservative 10489
Liberal 5053

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23819 Elected
Labour 17319

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21025 Elected
Conservative 17721

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24959 Elected
National Liberal 14403

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 28925 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 19613
Communist Party of Great Britain 759

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 28274 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 19617

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 23438 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 16428

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 21888 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 16845

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 22071 Elected
Conservative 13278

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 22799 Elected
Conservative 10774

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 18775 Elected
Conservative 11445

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22065 Elected
Conservative 10785
Liberal 6863

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21026 Elected
Conservative 8718
Liberal 4912

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20556 Elected
Conservative 12206
Liberal 3088
National Front 326

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20901 Elected
Liberal 19355
Conservative 15881

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26208 Elected
Liberal 22922
Conservative 10396

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27563 Elected
Liberal Democrat 20500
Conservative 11640

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30150 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13699
Conservative 7707
Referendum Party 1468

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24170 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9601
Conservative 7801
UK Independence Party 964

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23477 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12234
Conservative 6890
British National Party 2010
UK Independence Party 1273

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746969/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 05th November 2024