Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10552 Elected
Liberal 3988
National Party 1999

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11481 Elected
Conservative 11459

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13208 Elected
Conservative 11403

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15107 Elected
Labour 6852
Liberal 4409

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14571 Elected
Labour 11573
Liberal 8738

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th May, 1930
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14946 Elected
Labour 7923
Liberal 4648

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25828 Elected
Labour 7932

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18706 Elected
Labour 10193

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jul, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13681 Elected
Conservative 10947
Liberal 3644

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19237 Elected
Conservative 17487
Liberal 4814

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20517 Elected
Conservative 20378

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20903 Elected
Labour 20145

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24004 Elected
Labour 21869

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21040 Elected
Conservative 18912

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21348 Elected
Conservative 14922

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17638 Elected
Conservative 14079

More information about the 1970 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, Nottingham Central BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738250/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 12th May 2024