Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26917 Elected
Labour 12264
Liberal 4555

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29167 Elected
Labour 13410

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27128 Elected
Labour 12742

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27972 Elected
Labour 11998

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20998 Elected
Labour 11148
Liberal 7362

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22687 Elected
Labour 16333

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17636 Elected
Labour 4654
Liberal 2711

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24365 Elected
Labour 13771
Independent 1205

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21910 Elected
Labour 11292
Liberal 9764
Independent 428

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 19041 Elected
Labour 11624
Liberal 8648

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 22218 Elected
Labour 12099
Liberal 5965
Ecology Party 638
National Front 436

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21323 Elected
Social Democratic Party 10191
Labour 9879

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22056 Elected
Labour 12914
Social Democratic Party 8459

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20630 Elected
Labour 16955
Liberal Democrat 5606
Green 963
Natural Law 103

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26737 Elected
Conservative 13556
Liberal Democrat 4644
Referendum Party 1304
Green 1249
Independent (1) 1098
UK Independence Party 179
Independent (2) 125
Rainbow Dream Ticket 59

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19846 Elected
Conservative 10203
Liberal Democrat 5348
Green 3806
Socialist Labour Party 573
Free Party 409
UK Independence Party 361
ProLife Alliance 177

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15427 Elected
Conservative 10397
Green 9530
Liberal Democrat 7171
UK Independence Party 508
Alliance for Green Socialism 188
Socialist Labour Party 152
Independent (1) 122
Independent (2) 44

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Green 16238 Elected
Labour 14986
Conservative 12275
Liberal Democrat 7159
UK Independence Party 948
Socialist Labour Party 148
Citizens for Undead Rights & Equality 61
No party listed 19

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Green 22871 Elected
Labour 14904
Conservative 12448
UK Independence Party 2724
Liberal Democrat 1525
Independent 116
Socialist Party of Great Britain 88

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Green 30149 Elected
Labour 15450
Conservative 11082
UK Independence Party 630
Independent 376

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Green 33151 Elected
Labour 13211
Conservative 10176
Brexit Party 770
Monster Raving Loony Party 301
Independent 212
UK Independence Party 177

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, Brighton Pavilion BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745151/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd June 2024