Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11764
Liberal 7994
Labour 1025

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16358
Liberal 13262

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15927
Liberal 14933

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18911
Liberal 11223
Labour 2713

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20710
Liberal 17549
Labour 4645

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21618
Liberal 19429

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32025
Labour 6575

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23210
Liberal 16668
Labour 3195

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Sep, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12518
Other 8086

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20786
Liberal 10739
Labour 9289

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, North Riding of Yorkshire Scarborough and Whitby PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12751412/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024