Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30270 Elected
Conservative 8771

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30523 Elected
Conservative 9041

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27852 Elected
Conservative 9180

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28154 Elected
Conservative 7181
Plaid Cymru 3420

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26011 Elected
Conservative 6086
Plaid Cymru 3956

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26330 Elected
Conservative 5182
Plaid Cymru 3949

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jul, 1968
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16148 Elected
Plaid Cymru 14274
Conservative 3687
Liberal 1257

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24972 Elected
Plaid Cymru 11505
Conservative 3917

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24838 Elected
Plaid Cymru 11956
Conservative 5912
Independent 711

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24161 Elected
Plaid Cymru 10452
Conservative 4897
Liberal 3184

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27280 Elected
Conservative 8783
Plaid Cymru 6931
Liberal 3430

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21570 Elected
Liberal 10017
Conservative 9295
Plaid Cymru 6414

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28698 Elected
Conservative 9531
Liberal 6923
Plaid Cymru 3955

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31713 Elected
Conservative 9041
Plaid Cymru 4821
Liberal Democrat 4247

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30697 Elected
Conservative 4858
Plaid Cymru 4383
Liberal Democrat 3724
Referendum Party 1337
People's Labour Party 270

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22597 Elected
Plaid Cymru 8172
Conservative 4415
Liberal Democrat 3649

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22190 Elected
Plaid Cymru 6831
Conservative 5711
Liberal Democrat 3861
Forward Wales 636

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17377 Elected
Conservative 6622
Plaid Cymru 6460
Liberal Democrat 5688
British National Party 1635
UK Independence Party 910

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17864 Elected
UK Independence Party 7791
Conservative 6683
Plaid Cymru 5895
Green 937
Liberal Democrat 935
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 178

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22491 Elected
Conservative 10413
Plaid Cymru 5962
UK Independence Party 1259
Liberal Democrat 725
Green 447

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18018 Elected
Conservative 11185
Plaid Cymru 6424
Brexit Party 4490

More information about the 2019 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, Caerphilly CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753068/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 09th May 2024