Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3544
Conservative 2602

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Feb, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3174
Conservative 1979
Left 17

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2800
Conservative 2700

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 4440
Conservative 3294

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 1894
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4530
Conservative 4338

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4681
Liberal 4362

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
Conservative 4714
Liberal 4376

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 6736
Conservative 3257
Left 804

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 7299
Conservative 4304

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 5068
Conservative 3243
Left 1946

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

This was a General Election

Election of 24th May, 1912
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5339
Conservative 4836

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Other 11145
Liberal 2830

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Aug, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9118
Labour 9046

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14017
Labour 9276

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9578
Liberal 6757
Conservative 6047

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13415
Labour 11651

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15590
Conservative 8222
Liberal 6302
Left 331

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15920
Labour 12827

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15830
Conservative 10876

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10432
Right 4901
Left 4891

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35821
Conservative 15105
Liberal 5575
Left 2199

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39271
Conservative 18003
Left 1744

More information about the 1951 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, Hackney South BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753974/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 03rd May 2024