Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24161 Elected
Labour 14562
Liberal 3078

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25873 Elected
Labour 15490

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31923 Elected
Labour 16594

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35210 Elected
Labour 18508

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29859 Elected
Labour 18862
Liberal 8728

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30168 Elected
Labour 24044

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29227 Elected
Labour 20795
Liberal 6048

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21995 Elected
Labour 15324
Liberal 11853

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 19243 Elected
Labour 15216
Liberal 8663

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 23837 Elected
Labour 17623
Liberal 7899
Ecology Party 847

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22579 Elected
Social Democratic Party 14042
Labour 10757
Ecology Party 673
Independent Conservative 437

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22480 Elected
Liberal 17279
Labour 11210
Green 663

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21750 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14079
Labour 13782
Green 519
Liberal 427

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19694 Elected
Conservative 15850
Liberal Democrat 11689
Referendum Party 1325
Socialist Labour Party 335
People's Labour Party 251
Independent 232

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17794 Elected
Conservative 12558
Liberal Democrat 11431
UK Independence Party 668

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 16612 Elected
Labour 14735
Conservative 11510
Green 1128
English Democrats 545
Alliance for Green Socialism 181

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 20653 Elected
Conservative 11550
Labour 9132
British National Party 766
UK Independence Party 600
Green 508
English Democrats 153
Alliance for Green Socialism 121

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 15948 Elected
Labour 13041
Conservative 8083
Green 3042
UK Independence Party 2997
Yorkshire First 143
Alliance for Green Socialism 79
The Above & Beyond Party 24

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20416 Elected
Liberal Democrat 16192
Conservative 9097
Green 582

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23971 Elected
Conservative 13222
Liberal Democrat 9397
Green 1389
Brexit Party 1304

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 West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746222/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 29th April 2024