Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12392
Right 4242
Liberal 2965

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17920
Liberal 11039

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15566
Liberal 15453

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23417
Liberal 10924
Labour 3144

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Nov, 1927
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21221
Liberal 11912
Labour 4777
Right 917

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27605
Liberal 21884

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 46564
Labour 7741

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36865
Liberal 11934
Labour 7796

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23712
Labour 20635
Liberal 8735

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, Southend on Sea PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747135/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 12th June 2024