Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9832 Elected
Labour 5587

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14186 Elected
Labour 9520

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Mar, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10300 Elected
Conservative 9250

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13538 Elected
Conservative 10249

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14168 Elected
Conservative 12587

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17650 Elected
Conservative 11622
Liberal 2581

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19901 Elected
Labour 11772

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13882 Elected
Labour 13581

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13150 Elected
Conservative 7111

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Sep, 1947
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10827 Elected
Conservative 8874
Liberal 910
Independent 154
Independent Labour Party 48

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21834 Elected
Conservative 18830
Liberal 2247

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22906 Elected
Conservative 19569

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20060 Elected
Conservative 18940

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19725 Elected
Conservative 19026

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19221 Elected
Conservative 13335

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18203 Elected
Conservative 10662

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14752 Elected
Conservative 10804

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12979 Elected
Liberal 7229
Conservative 6871

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 13023 Elected
Liberal 6852
Conservative 5208

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

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Mar, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12945 Elected
Labour 4812
Conservative 1906
Law & Order 337
Socialist Unity 127
Gay Liberal 40
Independent 32

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12701 Elected
Labour 8453
Conservative 3098
National Front 152

More information about the 1979 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, Liverpool Edge Hill BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754024/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 16th June 2024