Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14250
Labour 6827

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 19016
Labour 15334

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17163
Labour 15273

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Other 19131
Labour 15307

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22692
Labour 20745

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32429
Labour 12915

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27226
Labour 17799

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Aug, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22601
Conservative 21709

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Feb, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22238
Conservative 21786

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, Lancashire Heywood and Radcliffe PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741157/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th June 2024