Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4098 Elected
Conservative 2907

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Unionist -1 Elected

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 Unionist -1 Elected

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Unionist -1 Elected

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Feb, 1898
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

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
Conservative 7263 Elected
Liberal 3103

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
Conservative 7951 Elected
Liberal 2850

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
Conservative -1 Elected

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13565 Elected
Liberal 4184

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

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

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15459 Elected
Liberal 5962

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18822 Elected
Labour 5744

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23350 Elected
Labour 8590
Liberal 4720

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33085 Elected
Labour 5157

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28243 Elected
Labour 6381

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Dec, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21497 Elected
Labour 12879
Liberal 5832

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29404 Elected
Labour 17512

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29477 Elected
Labour 16373

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jul, 1953
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20142 Elected
Labour 9635

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26991 Elected
Labour 12897

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26401 Elected
Labour 11473

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22818 Elected
Labour 11059

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18869 Elected
Labour 11335
Liberal 4829

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23690 Elected
Labour 13047
Independent 725

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25914 Elected
Labour 19994
Independent 2391

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19483 Elected
Labour 17073
Liberal 7770

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25192 Elected
Labour 15605
Liberal 4377
Ecology Party 852
Jesus & His Cross 297
Save Birmingham Education 129
Independent 112

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19585 Elected
Social Democratic Party 8167
Labour 7647
Ecology Party 516
Independent Conservative 293
Communist Party of Great Britain 169
Independent 97

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18595 Elected
Labour 10014
Social Democratic Party 7843
Green 559
Independent Conservative 307

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18529 Elected
Labour 14222
Liberal Democrat 4419
Green 643

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23554 Elected
Conservative 18712
Liberal Democrat 4691
Referendum Party 1065
British National Party 443

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18517 Elected
Conservative 13819
Liberal Democrat 4528
Pro-Euro Conservative Party 454
Socialist Labour Party 431

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16465 Elected
Conservative 14116
Liberal Democrat 5185
Green 1116
UK Independence Party 749

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16894 Elected
Conservative 15620
Liberal Democrat 6387
British National Party 1196
UK Independence Party 732
Green 469
Impact Party 146
Christian Party 127

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18518 Elected
Conservative 15812
UK Independence Party 4154
Green 1371
Liberal Democrat 1184
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 163
Independent 91

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24124 Elected
Conservative 17207
Liberal Democrat 1564
Green 562
The Common Good 155

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21217 Elected
Conservative 15603
Liberal Democrat 3349
Green 1112
Brexit Party 1047

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, Birmingham Edgbaston PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755818/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th May 2024