Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13808 Elected
Liberal 8378
Labour 6369
National Democratic & Labour Party 738

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16462 Elected
Conservative 11408
Liberal 9359

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19981 Elected
Labour 16793

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Constitutionalist 20391 Elected
Labour 18148

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25336 Elected
Liberal 23110

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30799 Elected
Labour 18177

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25273 Elected
Labour 21203

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21102 Elected
Conservative 16025
Liberal 6247

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23295 Elected
Conservative 19022
Liberal 5403

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24802 Elected
Conservative 22611

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22502 Elected
Conservative 21157

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22242 Elected
Conservative 21642

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20561 Elected
Conservative 15143
Liberal 5663

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21330 Elected
Conservative 14508
Liberal 4375

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20828 Elected
Conservative 20234

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20050 Elected
Conservative 15018
Liberal 7191

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19838 Elected
Conservative 13618
Liberal 5704
National Front 1176

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19576 Elected
Conservative 16282
Liberal 3646
National Front 508

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, Accrington BCon/PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752258/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 12th May 2024