Political Parties


Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3392 Elected
Liberal (2) 2923

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3706 Elected
Liberal (2) 3272
Conservative 26

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3599 Elected
Liberal (2) 3254
Conservative 1586

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6124 Elected
Conservative 3664

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
Liberal 5118 Elected
Conservative 2759

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Nov, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6071 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3969

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5759 Elected
Conservative 3670

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5379 Elected
Conservative 3875
Independent Labour Party 1080

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
Liberal 6045 Elected
Conservative 3897

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jan, 1902
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5660 Elected
Conservative 4512
Social Democratic Federation 1597

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6764 Elected
Conservative 2959
Labour 2629

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Apr, 1908
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5594 Elected
Conservative 4078
Labour 2446

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7882 Elected
Conservative 4747

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
Liberal 7061 Elected
Conservative 4033

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 7853 Elected
Labour 5596
Liberal 5130

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8821 Elected
Liberal 8065
Conservative 6744

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11179 Elected
Labour 8923

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9941 Elected
Conservative 7516
Liberal 6723

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14420 Elected
Liberal 10607
Conservative 6175

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19463 Elected
Labour 11101

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14066 Elected
National Labour Organisation 8798
Liberal 6933

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16330 Elected
National Liberal 8674
Liberal 4023

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29341 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 18076
Liberal 7323

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28650 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 19562
Liberal 5584

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23286 Elected
Conservative 15869
Liberal 5516

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20870 Elected
Conservative 17201
Liberal 7321

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21284 Elected
Conservative 15046
Liberal 7679

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23027 Elected
Conservative 12361
Liberal 7593

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22015 Elected
Conservative 17468
Liberal 5688

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21186 Elected
Conservative 15774
Liberal 12899

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 20378 Elected
Conservative 13477
Liberal 10991

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 22829 Elected
Conservative 18448
Liberal 7580

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20297 Elected
Labour 18211
Social Democratic Party 13065

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23668 Elected
Conservative 23223
Social Democratic Party 8907

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25596 Elected
Conservative 24962
Liberal Democrat 6570
British National Party 660
Green 471
Natural Law 146

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21286 Elected
Conservative 12963
Liberal Democrat 4422
British National Party 2232
Referendum Party 1019
Independent 770
Green 383

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18524 Elected
Conservative 11075
Liberal Democrat 4382
British National Party 1632
Green 560
UK Independence Party 478

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15807 Elected
Conservative 11192
Liberal Democrat 5624
British National Party 5066
Green 593
Independent 313

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18898 Elected
Labour 17372
Liberal Democrat 9150
Independent 3813
British National Party 3265
Green 849
English Democrats 661

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22406 Elected
Conservative 20955
UK Independence Party 6649
Liberal Democrat 1924
Green 1366
Yorkshire First 236
Christian People's Alliance 94

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28814 Elected
Conservative 25493
Liberal Democrat 1214
Green 1024

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26179 Elected
Labour 24618
Liberal Democrat 2406
Brexit Party 1874
Green 1060
Monster Raving Loony Party 252

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, Dewsbury PBCon/CCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750020/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th May 2024