Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative (1) 3719 Elected
Coalition Liberal 3499 Elected
Coalition Conservative (2) 3286 Elected
Labour 1581 Elected
Independent 850 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

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) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected
Liberal -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 (2) 6529 Elected
Liberal 5011 Elected
Conservative (1) 4405 Elected
Labour 1674 Elected

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Apr 1927 to 29th Apr, 1927
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16963 Elected
Labour 2378 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (2) 9262 Elected
Liberal 6698 Elected
Conservative (1) 6276 Elected
Labour 2867 Elected

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar 1934 to 12th Mar, 1934
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (National Liberal) 18070 Elected
Labour 4750 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Jun 1935 to 22nd Jun, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20507 Elected
Labour 4293 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 8252 Elected
National Liberal 7529 Elected
Conservative (2) 7479 Elected
Scottish National Party 3865 Elected

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jan 1936 to 31st Jan, 1936
Party Votes Outcome
National Labour Organisation 16393 Elected
Scottish National Party 9034 Elected
Labour 3597 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Feb 1938 to 25th Feb, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
National 14042 Elected
Independent 5618 Elected
Scottish National Party 5246 Elected
Independent Progressive 3868

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr 1945 to 13th Apr, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Independent 20197 Elected
National Liberal 8177 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8999 Elected
Independent 8198 Elected
National 8198 Elected
Labour 4075 Elected
Liberal 3319 Elected

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Nov 1946 to 27th Nov, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22152 Elected
Labour 3731 Elected
Liberal 2593 Elected
Independent 2080
National Liberal 1938

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.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Scottish Universities UniCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747860/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th October 2024