Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3988
Conservative 3171

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
Conservative 3660
Liberal 3091

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4474
Liberal 3429

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 -1

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

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 5475
Conservative 4259

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5672
Liberal 4937

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
Conservative 5010
Liberal 5008

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11572
Conservative 9863

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14210
Conservative 11263
Liberal 2622

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12910
Conservative 11146
Liberal 4749

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15384
Conservative 14413

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19621
Conservative 10943
Liberal 7119

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17729
Labour 17204
Liberal 3851

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19113
Conservative 18175

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Apr, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27979
Conservative 12028

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31564
Conservative 16697

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30845
Conservative 17186

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26242
Conservative 16222

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26702
Conservative 19809

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul, 1963
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20510
Conservative 8246
Liberal 6161

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22942
Conservative 18664

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25287
Conservative 18413

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23412
Conservative 18976

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th May, 1973
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15907
Conservative 7582
Right 4789
Other 1616

This was a by-election.


The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Bromwich BCon/PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756094/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st June 2024