Political Parties


Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27957 Elected
Labour 11914
Liberal 9359

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26800 Elected
Labour 14190
Liberal 5295

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28171 Elected
Labour 13750

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24773 Elected
Labour 12548

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25767 Elected
Labour 13337

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23769 Elected
Labour 16986

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21564 Elected
Labour 18166

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21273 Elected
Labour 13267
Liberal 5730

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20107 Elected
Liberal 12016
Labour 11739
National Ind 229

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18188 Elected
Labour 12967
Liberal 9327

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21762 Elected
Labour 12914
Liberal 7057
National Front 524

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19852 Elected
Labour 9714
Social Democratic Party 9417
National Front 263

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20312 Elected
Labour 13568
Social Democratic Party 8405

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19880 Elected
Labour 18213
Liberal Democrat 5673
Natural Law 173

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29282 Elected
Conservative 17666
Liberal Democrat 4392

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21060 Elected
Conservative 12798
Liberal Democrat 4115
UK Independence Party 819

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19375 Elected
Conservative 11453
Liberal Democrat 5552
British National Party 1113
UK Independence Party 849

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14449 Elected
Conservative 12597
Liberal Democrat 5082
British National Party 1482
UK Independence Party 1352
Integrity UK 230

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13548 Elected
Conservative 10963
UK Independence Party 5613
Green 841
Liberal Democrat 743
Independent (1) 655
Independent (2) 73

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17581 Elected
Conservative 15058
UK Independence Party 1339
Liberal Democrat 634
Green 341

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16247 Elected
Labour 12557
Brexit Party 2009
Liberal Democrat 1008
Green 563
Independent 368

More information about the 2019 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, Blackpool South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755200/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 14th May 2024