Political Parties
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 9350 | Elected |
| Labour | 5201 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11073 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 9717 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 10721 | Elected |
| Labour | 10565 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13436 | Elected |
| Liberal | 11512 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15408 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10164 | |
| Independent | 6902 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21844 | Elected |
| Labour | 12483 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17958 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17087 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18326 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14323 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Oct, 1948 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17001 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14826 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2831 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22186 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20632 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1698 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 801 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24421 | Elected |
| Conservative | 22313 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20651 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19345 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2885 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22423 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19797 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2983 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23766 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17070 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4526 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23146 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13726 | |
| Scottish National Party | 6322 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 767 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22984 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15754 | |
| Scottish National Party | 6571 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 16th Sep, 1971 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17536 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 13048 | |
| Conservative | 7149 | |
This was a by-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.