Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal 8579 Elected
Conservative 7398
Labour 5510

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 9278 Elected
Conservative 8476
Labour 8401

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9260 Elected
Liberal 9145
Conservative 8238

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10033 Elected
Labour 9188
Conservative 8324

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13268 Elected
Liberal 12625
Conservative 6794

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 20603 Elected
Labour 14587

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 18784 Elected
Labour 16703

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18098 Elected
National Liberal 13089

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26273 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 22608

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26061 Elected
Conservative 23901

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22647 Elected
Conservative 21626

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24043 Elected
Labour 23640

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23019 Elected
Conservative 20382
Liberal 4672

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26703 Elected
Conservative 20650

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24622 Elected
Conservative 21384
Plaid Cymru 3033

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22124 Elected
Conservative 18786
Liberal 8248
Plaid Cymru 1859

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22565 Elected
Conservative 17729
Liberal 6842
Plaid Cymru 1778

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24175 Elected
Conservative 23774
Liberal 3484
Plaid Cymru 1012

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18042 Elected
Conservative 15692
Social Democratic Party 8036
Plaid Cymru 795
Ecology Party 265

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22089 Elected
Conservative 15027
Liberal 7019
Plaid Cymru 902
Green 469

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23238 Elected
Conservative 13760
Liberal Democrat 4620
Plaid Cymru 1668
Green 564

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22748 Elected
Conservative 8289
Liberal Democrat 5872
Plaid Cymru 2675
Socialist Labour Party 885

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15644 Elected
Conservative 6094
Liberal Democrat 5313
Plaid Cymru 3404
UK Independence Party 653
Green 626
Socialist Alliance 366

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13833 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9564
Conservative 5285
Plaid Cymru 2150
Green 738
UK Independence Party 609
Veritas 401
Socialist Alternative 288
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 218

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12335 Elected
Liberal Democrat 11831
Conservative 7407
Plaid Cymru 1437
British National Party 910
UK Independence Party 716
Green 404
Independent 374
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 179

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 14967 Elected
Conservative 7931
UK Independence Party 4744
Liberal Democrat 3178
Plaid Cymru 2266
Green 1784
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 159
Independent 78
Socialist Party of Great Britain 49

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22278 Elected
Conservative 11680
Plaid Cymru 1529
Liberal Democrat 1269
Green 434
Socialist Party of Great Britain 92

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18493 Elected
Conservative 10377
Liberal Democrat 2993
Plaid Cymru 1984
Brexit Party 1983

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, Swansea West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747299/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024