Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9405 Elected
Labour 2572
Liberal 1552

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13032 Elected
Labour 10589

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12884 Elected
Labour 11330

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13374 Elected
Labour 13297
Liberal 539

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16447 Elected
Conservative 16436

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23057 Elected
Labour 9057

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18565 Elected
Labour 7311

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13503 Elected
Conservative 10657

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25603 Elected
Conservative 16071

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (Independent Labour) (Labour) 24008 Elected
Conservative 16331

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18476 Elected
Conservative 9665

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14717 Elected
Conservative 8393

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10098 Elected
Conservative 5879

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8895 Elected
Liberal 3580
Conservative 2621

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5104 Elected
Labour 2391
Conservative 1580
British Movement 282
Fellowship Party 34

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 5067 Elected
Liberal 4087
Conservative 2523

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15126 Elected
Conservative 6164
Liberal 3753
National Front 751

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14818 Elected
Conservative 5079
Liberal 3086

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

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Election of 18th Aug, 1977
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8227 Elected
Conservative 4402
National Front 888
Liberal 765
Socialist Unity 534
Independent 336
Independent Conservative 71
Reform Party 63
Air, Road, Public Safety 46

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13450 Elected
Conservative 5691
Liberal 2030

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19278 Elected
Conservative 10248
Liberal 7758
Independent 355
Workers' Party 198

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21971 Elected
Conservative 11943
Social Democratic Party 3532
Green 650

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24887 Elected
Conservative 9604
Liberal Democrat 3068

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28134 Elected
Conservative 5052
Liberal Democrat 3020
Referendum Party 1086
National Democratic Resistance 685

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21694 Elected
Conservative 3551
Liberal Democrat 2586
People's Justice Party 2112
Socialist Labour Party 443
Muslim Party 432
ProLife Alliance 392
UK Independence Party 283

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17262 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10461
Conservative 3515
UK Independence Party 2008

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19950 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9845
Conservative 4277
UK Independence Party 902
Green 859

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26444 Elected
Conservative 4576
UK Independence Party 1805
Green 1501
Liberal Democrat 1374
Liberty GB 216

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34166 Elected
Conservative 5452
Liberal Democrat 1156
Green 533

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33355 Elected
Conservative 4773
Liberal Democrat 2228
Green 931
Brexit Party 831

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749399/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024