Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16520
Liberal 7094

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17085
Labour 10054

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25972
Labour 10954

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26336
Labour 13852
Liberal 12053

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 45595
Labour 10795

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36383
Labour 17872

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jun, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14163
Other 1445

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23417
Labour 22810
Liberal 10714

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Mar, 1948
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36200
Labour 24536
Liberal 6321

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29420
Labour 20116
Liberal 5600

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29984
Labour 19738
Liberal 4272

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, Croydon North BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753895/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th April 2024