Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4548 Elected
Conservative 1455

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 -1 Elected

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 3513 Elected
Liberal Unionist 1768
Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party 991

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3985 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3121

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 4238 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3830

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6780 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2332

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Feb, 1907
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3779 Elected
Conservative 3412
Independent Labour 1740

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6749 Elected
Conservative 4433

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 5862 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3997

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Apr, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3283 Elected
Independent (1) 1507
Independent (2) 333

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10625 Elected
Liberal 3535
Independent 2868

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13208 Elected
Liberal 9573

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11258 Elected
Labour 6911
Liberal 5641

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16092 Elected
Labour 10699

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21548 Elected
Labour 13868

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33988 Elected
Labour 6627

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st May, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20925 Elected
Labour 10760

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25270 Elected
Labour 11817

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19214 Elected
Labour 17398
Liberal 4501

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Nov, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21750 Elected
Labour 17911

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26128 Elected
Labour 17302
Liberal 5248

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28947 Elected
Labour 20325

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26817 Elected
Labour 19627

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25471 Elected
Labour 17349
Liberal 4558

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25824 Elected
Labour 21926
Scottish National Party 2197

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23291 Elected
Conservative 21492
Liberal 5797

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23843 Elected
Labour 22754
Liberal 3135
Scottish National Party 2777

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21938 Elected
Labour 18380
Scottish National Party 7599
Liberal 7447

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 18475 Elected
Labour 18110
Scottish National Party 10481
Liberal 5018

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 20820 Elected
Labour 20048
Liberal 5901
Scottish National Party 4361

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15393 Elected
Labour 11812
Social Democratic Party 10372
Scottish National Party 1974

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15917 Elected
Conservative 14719
Social Democratic Party 8844
Scottish National Party 2776

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15808 Elected
Labour 14291
Scottish National Party 6223
Liberal Democrat 4767

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15541 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12176
Conservative 11621
Scottish National Party 4299
Referendum Party 425

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14696 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10308
Conservative 7098
Scottish National Party 4293
Scottish Socialist Party 495

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15272 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13924
Conservative 7134
Scottish National Party 4120
Green 768
Scottish Socialist Party 403

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15722 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12216
Conservative 8914
Scottish National Party 5102
British National Party 529
Green 413
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers 138

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 20221 Elected
Labour 12991
Conservative 11087
Liberal Democrat 2252
Green 964
UK Independence Party 897
Independent 139

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18746 Elected
Scottish National Party 13994
Labour 9143
Liberal Democrat 2610

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 20388 Elected
Conservative 16398
Liberal Democrat 5018
Labour 3834

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, Aberdeen South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744584/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 29th April 2024