Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17093 Elected
Labour 9055
Conservative 6680

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19954 Elected
Labour 9697

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 18907 Elected
Labour 10090

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17868 Elected
Labour 8559
Plaid Cymru 3880

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11500 Elected
Labour 9281
Conservative 5897
Plaid Cymru 3262

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11302 Elected
Liberal 10779
Conservative 5893
Plaid Cymru 2469

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11063 Elected
Liberal 9800
Plaid Cymru 6498
Conservative 5715

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14371 Elected
Labour 11895
Conservative 4758
Plaid Cymru 4754

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14612 Elected
Labour 12202
Plaid Cymru 4583
Conservative 3275

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13227 Elected
Conservative 11033
Labour 7488
Plaid Cymru 5382

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752880/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024