Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13531
Labour 3232

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Mar, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11811
Liberal 9490

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14081
Liberal 9228

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13333
Liberal 10694

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18310
Liberal 7471

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21433
Liberal 17145

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35371
Liberal 9063

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31484
Liberal 12607

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jul, 1937
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19767
Liberal 10722

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37456
Labour 25194
Liberal 8940

More information about the 1945 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, Surrey Chertsey PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12751229/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 31st October 2024