Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8060
Labour 3126

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 10522
Labour 5522

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8676
Labour 6690
Conservative 3801

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9199
Liberal 7817
Conservative 5937

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13318
Conservative 6256
Liberal 5878

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Right 15913
Labour 8466

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11098
Left 9735

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Feb, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 5285
Other 2932

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9336
Conservative 3654

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Apr, 1948
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8744
Conservative 4623

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, Southwark Central PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749697/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 13th May 2024