Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6130 Elected
Conservative 3804

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5226 Elected
Conservative 2970

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 5974 Elected
Conservative 5621

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Mar, 1894
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6314 Elected
Conservative 6218

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7043 Elected
Liberal Unionist 6522

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 9258 Elected
Conservative 4650

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9969 Elected
Conservative 6654

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8715 Elected
Conservative 4445

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal 12642 Elected
Labour 6020
Independent 1138
Independent Liberal 619

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13391 Elected
Labour 12487

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11434 Elected
Conservative 9432
Liberal 7200

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13057 Elected
Conservative 13054
Liberal 4597

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18765 Elected
Conservative 13129
Liberal 7894

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24701 Elected
Labour 14354

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20545 Elected
Labour 17311

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26593 Elected
Conservative 12457
Liberal 6008

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Jul, 1949
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21935 Elected
Conservative 17826

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21339 Elected
Conservative 16824
Liberal 3209

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22357 Elected
Conservative 18957

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24576 Elected
Conservative 18312
Liberal 3699

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25878 Elected
Conservative 21285

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22968 Elected
Conservative 15697
Liberal 6787

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24391 Elected
Conservative 13883
Liberal 5062

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21618 Elected
Conservative 14749
Liberal 5341

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19436 Elected
Liberal 15451
Conservative 11246

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 20669 Elected
Liberal 13062
Conservative 7907

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 21290 Elected
Conservative 11626
Liberal 9734
National Front 466

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17908 Elected
Labour 15860
Conservative 12515
British National Party 334

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21032 Elected
Liberal 16340
Conservative 11276

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26310 Elected
Conservative 12482
Liberal Democrat 4252
Liberal 3980
Green 569
National Front 132

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26819 Elected
Conservative 7048
Liberal Democrat 3622
Referendum Party 1210
Green 896
Liberal 625

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19943 Elected
Conservative 5008
Liberal Democrat 3350
Green 2573
UK Independence Party 758
Liberal 462

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18704 Elected
Liberal Democrat 5894
Conservative 4807
Green 2519
British National Party 1166
UK Independence Party 628

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16389 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9373
Conservative 7641
British National Party 2377
Green 1832
UK Independence Party 1140

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18456 Elected
Conservative 7729
UK Independence Party 7104
Green 3217
Liberal Democrat 1495
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 217
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 205

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27013 Elected
Conservative 11048
UK Independence Party 1815
Green 1023
Liberal Democrat 905
The Yorkshire Party 378
Alliance for Green Socialism 47

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22186 Elected
Conservative 11622
Brexit Party 2685
Liberal Democrat 1787
Green 1274
The Yorkshire Party 650
Social Democratic Party (1990) 46
Alliance for Green Socialism 31

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738407/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 16th May 2024