Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18180 Elected
Labour 12202
Liberal 11221

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 16498 Elected
Labour 12587
Liberal 7384
National Front 993

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 20918 Elected
Labour 13040
Liberal 5254
National Front 534
Independent Democratic 86

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19616 Elected
Labour 10302
Liberal 7763
Ecology/Women For Life On Earth 279
Monster Raving Loony Party 235
Independent (1) 75
Independent (2) 42
Independent (3) 37
Independent (4) 28
Party of Associates with Licensees 27
Independent (5) 13

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21603 Elected
Labour 12690
Liberal 5580
Independent (1) 131
Independent (2) 59

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21039 Elected
Labour 14651
Liberal Democrat 4568
Green 564
Monster Raving Loony Party 130
Natural Law 129

More information about the 1992 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, Barnet Finchley BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740116/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024