Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11326
Labour 5103
Liberal 2484

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14372
Labour 8941

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9349
Conservative 8700
Labour 7025

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14063
Labour 10383
Liberal 5206

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16880
Labour 13585
Liberal 11723

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18687
Labour 10042

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33476
Labour 9504

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Feb, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15611
Conservative 13771
Right 10575
Liberal 4208

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26915
Labour 19068

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25470
Labour 20249
Liberal 7063

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26164
Labour 18559
Liberal 5512

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28179
Labour 19702

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28172
Labour 12552

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26624
Labour 10392
Liberal 5161

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20598
Labour 12338
Liberal 8719

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19179
Labour 13529
Liberal 6771

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19127
Liberal 11650
Labour 10253

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19027
Labour 13752
Liberal 11450

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18971
Labour 16216
Liberal 6193

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21760
Labour 14828
Liberal 6705

More information about the 1979 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, Liverpool Wavertree BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746337/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 11th June 2024