Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Labour 7330 Elected
Labour 4167
Liberal 2707

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8758 Elected
National Democratic & Labour Party 6253
Liberal 5228

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10026 Elected
Liberal 8234
Conservative 2832

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12991 Elected
Labour 12521

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16050 Elected
Liberal 9470
Conservative 4184

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14144 Elected
Conservative 13137
Liberal 4053

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17613 Elected
Conservative 10874

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17460 Elected
Liberal 4760
Conservative 4550

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21095 Elected
Conservative 8988
Liberal 4102
Independent Labour 704

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23021 Elected
Conservative 11447

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19327 Elected
Conservative 10077

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Mar, 1956
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13388 Elected
Conservative 4184
Liberal 3037
Independent 89

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15980 Elected
Conservative 7872
Liberal 5229

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14405 Elected
Conservative 6780
Liberal 4437

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14665 Elected
Conservative 5940
Liberal 3370

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Sep, 1967
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6652 Elected
Labour 6590
Liberal 4105
Independent (1) 542
Independent (2) 63

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12472 Elected
Conservative 7870
Liberal 2564

More information about the 1970 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, Walthamstow West BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749739/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st June 2024