Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18036 Elected
Labour 8402
Liberal 5850

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19952 Elected
Labour 9939

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18487 Elected
Labour 9740

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16642 Elected
Liberal 6905
Labour 6475

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15238 Elected
Liberal 8941
Labour 5750

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15045 Elected
Liberal 7647
Labour 6536

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17630 Elected
Liberal 6462
Labour 6321

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16221 Elected
Liberal 14602
Labour 4172

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 15741 Elected
Liberal 15162
Labour 3624

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 21126 Elected
Liberal 16261
Labour 2099

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29276 Elected
Liberal 19490
Labour 1932
Ecology Party 668

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31396 Elected
Liberal 17321
Labour 4444
Green 1102

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32783 Elected
Liberal Democrat 16103
Labour 6874
Green 1503
Anti-Federalist League 640

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22888 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14053
Labour 8831
Referendum Party 2815
Green 1086
UK Independence Party 588
British National Party 292

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22879 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12512
Labour 7872
Green 1690
UK Independence Party 1590
Independent 186

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25407 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12220
Labour 7424
Green 2191
UK Independence Party 1551

More information about the 2005 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, Leominster CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757670/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 05th November 2024