Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12285
Labour 7654

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Feb, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14662
Conservative 11038

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14800
Labour 14789

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17255
Conservative 13164

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17338
Conservative 14634

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21103
Conservative 14062
Liberal 3207

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22072
Labour 17169

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19225
Conservative 16557

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Oct, 1942
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8892
Other 636

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22401
Right 9883

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29128
Conservative 14800
Liberal 2295

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27985
Conservative 16122

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Manchester Clayton BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746386/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024