Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13327
Labour 10152
Conservative 260

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Jul, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16630
Liberal 12550

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14884
Right 8667
Conservative 7994

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16837
Liberal 13839

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18301
Conservative 14425

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20835
Liberal 14421
Conservative 3967

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Mar, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20687
Liberal 8368
Conservative 5489

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21751
Liberal 13937
Left 1110
Other 466

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Feb, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22159
Right 14810

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27823
Conservative 7260
Liberal 5464

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, Glamorganshire Pontypridd PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740827/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 13th May 2024