Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3876 Elected
Liberal 2463

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 3819 Elected
Liberal 1801

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Feb, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3815 Elected
Liberal 1842

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 Elected

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
Conservative 4267 Elected
Liberal 3902

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 5159 Elected
Liberal 3881

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 4871 Elected
Liberal 3595

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1921
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18124 Elected
Liberal 11100

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23574 Elected
Labour 6276

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Feb, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16970 Elected
Labour 7702
Liberal 4996

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25416 Elected
Labour 11961
Liberal 9909

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 43264 Elected
Labour 8875

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36820 Elected
Labour 15058

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32149 Elected
Labour 25163
Liberal 8849

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24920 Elected
Labour 12677
Liberal 4688

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Feb, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22216 Elected
Labour 5072

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25858 Elected
Labour 11716
Liberal 3115

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32767 Elected
Labour 10766

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24585 Elected
Labour 10423

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27768 Elected
Labour 7651
Liberal 5835

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21230 Elected
Liberal 7366
Labour 7306
Taxpayers' Coalition Party 709

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19783 Elected
Labour 8265
Liberal 6850

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20110 Elected
Labour 8175
Liberal 5108

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21140 Elected
Liberal 13076
Labour 9526

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18555 Elected
Liberal 11598
Labour 9372

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22257 Elected
Labour 9690
Liberal 8880
Ecology Party 1154
National Front 246
United Democratic Party 93

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25400 Elected
Liberal 15222
Labour 10094
Ecology Party 872
Independent Democrat 142

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24695 Elected
Liberal 16992
Labour 11337
Green 1096
Communist Party of Great Britain 134

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22169 Elected
Liberal Democrat 16098
Labour 12992
Green 906
Natural Law 104
Revolutionary Communist Party 92
Independent 87
Anti-Federalist League 42

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22068 Elected
Conservative 20575
Liberal Democrat 17551
Referendum Party 1304
Green 852
Socialist Labour Party 244
Natural Law 47

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20505 Elected
Liberal Democrat 16079
Conservative 16040
Green 1961
Socialist Labour Party 590
UK Independence Party 490

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 21987 Elected
Labour 16859
Conservative 15429
Green 2163
UK Independence Party 439
Socialist Labour Party 329
Save Bristol North Baths Party 190

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 26593 Elected
Labour 15227
Conservative 10169
Green 2090
UK Independence Party 655
Independent 343
English Democrats 270

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22900 Elected
Green 17227
Liberal Democrat 12103
Conservative 9752
UK Independence Party 1940
Independents for Bristol 204
Left Unity 92

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47213 Elected
Conservative 9877
Green 9216
Liberal Democrat 5201
Money Free Party 101

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47028 Elected
Green 18809
Conservative 8822
Brexit Party 869

More information about the 2019 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, Bristol West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745175/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 24th April 2024