Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7005
Liberal 3499
Labour 1581
Other 850

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1
Conservative -2

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1
Conservative -2

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10934
Liberal 5011
Labour 1674

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Apr 1927 to 29th Apr, 1927
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16963
Labour 2378

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15538
Liberal 6698
Labour 2867

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1
Conservative -2

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar 1934 to 12th Mar, 1934
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 18070
Labour 4750

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Jun 1935 to 22nd Jun, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20507
Labour 4293

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15731
Right 7529
Nationalist 3865

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jan 1936 to 31st Jan, 1936
Party Votes Outcome
Left 16393
Nationalist 9034
Labour 3597

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Feb 1938 to 25th Feb, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Other 23528
Nationalist 5246

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr 1945 to 13th Apr, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Other 20197
Right 8177

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Other 16396
Conservative 8999
Labour 4075
Liberal 3319

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Nov 1946 to 27th Nov, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22152
Labour 3731
Liberal 2593
Other 2080
Right 1938

This was a by-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, Scottish Universities UniCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747860/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 16th May 2024