Political Parties


Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26552 Elected
Conservative 20462
Communist Party of Great Britain 916

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24005 Elected
Conservative 18952
Liberal 6581
Communist Party of Great Britain 1331

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29535 Elected
Conservative 20578
Communist Party of Great Britain 1579

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30260 Elected
Conservative 18509
Communist Party of Great Britain 1070

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25898 Elected
Conservative 18616
Liberal 3763
Communist Party of Great Britain 741

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25435 Elected
Conservative 20990
Liberal 9623
Communist Party 754

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24694 Elected
Conservative 17853
Liberal 7470
National Front 792
Communist Party 525

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25028 Elected
Conservative 21956
Liberal 4900
Communist Party 1071
National Front 454

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18730 Elected
Labour 18368
Social Democratic Party 9200
Communist Party of Great Britain 1184

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22713 Elected
Conservative 21048
Social Democratic Party 5912
Communist Party of Great Britain 879

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29052 Elected
Conservative 18309
Liberal Democrat 4477
Natural Law 274

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27203 Elected
Conservative 8402
Liberal Democrat 3301
Referendum Party 1858
Socialist Party of Great Britain 637

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19392 Elected
Conservative 7152
Liberal Democrat 3177
Socialist Labour Party 321

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17842 Elected
Conservative 5671
Liberal Democrat 5190
UK Independence Party 1680

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16646 Elected
Conservative 8508
Liberal Democrat 5849
British National Party 1944
UK Independence Party 1338

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19283 Elected
Conservative 7423
UK Independence Party 6542
Green 1088
Liberal Democrat 847
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 160

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23067 Elected
Conservative 11907
UK Independence Party 2133
Liberal Democrat 674
Green 538

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17337 Elected
Conservative 12847
Brexit Party 2686
Liberal Democrat 1582
Green 868

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, Nottingham North BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746684/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th July 2024