Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 277 Elected
Conservative 246
Liberal (2) 109

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 369 Elected
Liberal 326

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Apr, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 383 Elected
Conservative 339

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 374 Elected
Conservative 349

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 399 Elected
Liberal (2) 335

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 529 Elected
Conservative 375

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 532 Elected
Liberal (2) 488

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Apr, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 646 Elected
Conservative 496

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4455 Elected
Conservative 3270

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4498 Elected
Conservative 3998

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5614 Elected
Conservative 3716

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5552 Elected
Conservative 4417

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4738 Elected
Conservative 3481

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

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Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5460 Elected
Conservative 4480

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4781 Elected
Liberal 4359
Independent Labour Party 1251

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5204 Elected
Liberal 5185
Labour 901

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5912 Elected
Conservative 4449
Independent Labour 2506

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6809 Elected
Conservative 5381
Social Democratic Party 1755

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5850 Elected
Conservative 5373
Social Democratic Party 1901

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14299 Elected
Liberal 6452
Labour 4956
National Democratic & Labour Party 2358
National Party 1992

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15774 Elected
Conservative 13006
Liberal 11894

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15087 Elected
Labour 13525
Conservative 12845

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14609 Elected
Liberal 14492
Conservative 14112

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22060 Elected
Liberal 16957
Conservative 15962

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25346 Elected
Labour 18329
Liberal 12572

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22281 Elected
Conservative 20486
Liberal 11311

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Jul, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22047 Elected
Conservative 16852
Liberal 10211

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25484 Elected
Conservative 21280
Liberal 10042

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27797 Elected
Labour 27343

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26518 Elected
Labour 24928

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Feb, 1958
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22133 Elected
Liberal 17603
Conservative 9827

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21689 Elected
Liberal 18949
Conservative 11665

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22927 Elected
Liberal 14212
Conservative 11968

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24481 Elected
Conservative 13239
Liberal 9004

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19247 Elected
Liberal 14076
Conservative 12978

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th Oct, 1972
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19296 Elected
Labour 14203
Conservative 8060
Independent 4074

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25266 Elected
Labour 16367
Conservative 7933
National Front 1885

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20092 Elected
Labour 17339
Conservative 7740
National Front 1927

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22172 Elected
Labour 16878
Conservative 9494
National Front 690

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21858 Elected
Labour 14271
Conservative 10616
National Front 463
Independent 204

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22245 Elected
Labour 19466
Conservative 9561

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 22776 Elected
Labour 20937
Conservative 8626
British National Party 620
Natural Law 211

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23758 Elected
Liberal Democrat 19213
Conservative 4237
British National Party 653
Independent 221

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19406 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13751
Conservative 5274
Green 728
Independent 253

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 16787 Elected
Labour 16345
Conservative 4270
British National Party 1773
UK Independence Party 499
Green 448
Islam Zinda Baad Platform 361
Veritas 353

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16699 Elected
Liberal Democrat 15810
Conservative 8305
National Front 2236
UK Independence Party 1999
Islam Zinda Baad Platform 545
Independent 313

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20961 Elected
UK Independence Party 8519
Conservative 7742
Liberal Democrat 4667
Rochdale First Party 1535
Green 1382
National Front 433
Islam Zinda Baad Platform 191

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29035 Elected
Conservative 14216
Liberal Democrat 4027
UK Independence Party 1641
Independent 883
Greater Manchester Homeless Voice 242

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24475 Elected
Conservative 14807
Brexit Party 3867
Liberal Democrat 3312
Green 986

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, Rochdale BCon/PBCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750031/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 18th May 2024