Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9647 Elected
Labour 8577
Conservative 3846
Plaid Cymru 2754

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10505 Elected
Liberal 9457
Conservative 4505

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9056 Elected
Liberal 6374
Plaid Cymru 5243
National Liberal & Conservative 3001

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9095 Elected
Liberal 8119
Plaid Cymru 5127

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8420 Elected
Liberal 7171
Plaid Cymru 3697
Conservative 2656

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9628 Elected
Liberal 7733
Plaid Cymru 2490
Conservative 1948

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8861 Elected
Plaid Cymru 5425
Liberal 5034
Conservative 2965

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Plaid Cymru 7823 Elected
Labour 7235
Liberal 4153
Conservative 3392

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Plaid Cymru 9543 Elected
Labour 6951
Liberal 3454
Conservative 2509

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Plaid Cymru 9275 Elected
Conservative 5365
Labour 5332
Liberal 2752

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, Merioneth CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739990/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 13th May 2024