Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Liberal 4273 Elected
Liberal 2874

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jan, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4029 Elected
Conservative 1730

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Feb, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3778 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2191

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4692 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4261

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Unionist 4802 Elected
Liberal 4705

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jun, 1899
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5820 Elected
Conservative 4989

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Unionist 5766 Elected
Liberal 5655

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8945 Elected
Liberal Unionist 5085

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Mar, 1909
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8185 Elected
Liberal Unionist 6964

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10235 Elected
Liberal Unionist 7901

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Apr, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8694 Elected
Conservative 6367

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9576 Elected
Conservative 7986

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th May, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14874 Elected
Liberal 4966

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1920
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative 11176 Elected
Liberal 8177

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14843 Elected
Liberal 7408

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12804 Elected
Liberal 10194

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15854 Elected
Liberal 8777

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19541 Elected
Liberal 9849
Labour 5050

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27254 Elected
Labour 5365

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23652 Elected
Labour 9767

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23081 Elected
Labour 8725
Liberal 3699

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26545 Elected
Labour 10030

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24836 Elected
Labour 11949

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th May, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14421 Elected
Labour 9781
Liberal 7439

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22799 Elected
Labour 11285
Liberal 5505

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21375 Elected
Labour 13555
Liberal 5272

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20820 Elected
Labour 15487
Scottish National Party 2856

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19851 Elected
Labour 15071
Liberal 3469
Scottish National Party 2861

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18784 Elected
Labour 12403
Liberal 8073
Scottish National Party 5770

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 14962 Elected
Labour 11736
Scottish National Party 9034
Liberal 5921

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 17986 Elected
Labour 15526
Liberal 7400
Scottish National Party 3800
Ecology Party 552

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16485 Elected
Social Democratic Party 12830
Labour 12824
Scottish National Party 2256
Ecology Party 450

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18211 Elected
Conservative 16352
Social Democratic Party 10900
Scottish National Party 2455
Green 440

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18485 Elected
Conservative 14309
Liberal Democrat 5961
Scottish National Party 5727
Natural Law 108

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20993 Elected
Conservative 9541
Liberal Democrat 7911
Scottish National Party 5791
Referendum Party 504
Natural Law 98

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15671 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10172
Conservative 6172
Scottish National Party 3683
Scottish Socialist Party 933
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 535

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14188 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13783
Conservative 10291
Scottish National Party 2635
Green 1387
Scottish Socialist Party 414

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15215 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14899
Conservative 9452
Scottish National Party 3354
Green 881

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19293 Elected
Scottish National Party 16656
Conservative 8626
Green 2090
Liberal Democrat 1823
UK Independence Party 601
Scottish Socialist Party 197

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26269 Elected
Scottish National Party 10755
Conservative 9428
Liberal Democrat 1388

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23745 Elected
Scottish National Party 12650
Conservative 8161
Liberal Democrat 3819
Green 1357

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, Edinburgh South BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736241/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 17th May 2024