Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14450 Elected
Labour 4680

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12343 Elected
Liberal 7891
Labour 6525

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12767 Elected
Labour 8574
Liberal 6030

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16396 Elected
Labour 8984
Liberal 3007

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18877 Elected
Labour 13050
Liberal 8253

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31671 Elected
Labour 10294

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25915 Elected
Labour 14080

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Mar, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23882 Elected
British Union of Fascists & National Socialists 722

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28870 Elected
Conservative 20406
Liberal 5097

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21599 Elected
Conservative 14780
Liberal 2612
Communist Party of Great Britain 612

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22402 Elected
Conservative 15991

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24902 Elected
Labour 15623

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1956
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14081 Elected
Labour 8212

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26240 Elected
Labour 14709

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23613 Elected
Labour 15288

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20813 Elected
Labour 15851

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20720 Elected
Labour 15653

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20822 Elected
Labour 13562
Liberal 8839
People 300

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18749 Elected
Labour 13121
Liberal 6737

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20297 Elected
Labour 14913
Liberal 5329
Ecology Party 813
Anti-Corruption 103

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21940 Elected
Social Democratic Party 12945
Labour 10951
Independent (1) 128
Independent (2) 123

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22196 Elected
Social Democratic Party 13777
Labour 12292
Green 416

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22462 Elected
Labour 18218
Liberal Democrat 8274
Green 546

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22368 Elected
Conservative 15409
Liberal Democrat 6318
Referendum Party 946
Socialist Labour Party 468

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19540 Elected
Conservative 12451
Liberal Democrat 6325
Left Alliance 770
UK Independence Party 382
Socialist Labour Party 173
Independent 132

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18632 Elected
Conservative 13370
Liberal Democrat 8427
Alliance for Green Socialism 1038

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20287 Elected
Conservative 15742
Liberal Democrat 9310
UK Independence Party 842
British National Party 758
Alliance for Green Socialism 596

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23137 Elected
Conservative 15887
UK Independence Party 3706
Liberal Democrat 2569
Green 2541
Alliance for Green Socialism 451

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33436 Elected
Conservative 16445
Liberal Democrat 1952
Green 680
The Yorkshire Party 303
Alliance for Green Socialism 116
Christian People's Alliance 67

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29024 Elected
Conservative 11935
Liberal Democrat 5665
Green 1931
Brexit Party 1769
Alliance for Green Socialism 176

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, Leeds North East PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738389/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st May 2024