Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22431 Elected
Labour 19430
Liberal 4073

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25923 Elected
Labour 20726

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23142 Elected
Labour 17885

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25411 Elected
Labour 19665

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22308 Elected
Conservative 22301

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24936 Elected
Conservative 24105

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24208 Elected
Labour 21105
Liberal 3833

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23504 Elected
Labour 19484
Liberal 7954
Marxist-Leninist 170

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21725 Elected
Labour 19060
Liberal 6214
English Nationalist 155
Marxist-Leninist 125
Independent 47

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25512 Elected
Labour 17504
Liberal 4179
National Front 404

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22265 Elected
Labour 12887
Social Democratic Party 8098
National Front 290

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24031 Elected
Labour 14771
Liberal 6080

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21129 Elected
Labour 18073
Liberal Democrat 4461
Natural Law 230

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21479 Elected
Conservative 17945
Liberal Democrat 4478
Referendum Party 1526
Socialist Labour Party 316
Natural Law 172
Monster Raving Loony Party 123
Rainbow Dream Ticket 93

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18745 Elected
Conservative 13823
Liberal Democrat 4064
Green 1290
UK Independence Party 543
Socialist Labour Party 364
Free Party 227
ProLife Alliance 147

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15858 Elected
Conservative 13121
Liberal Democrat 6560
Green 2800
UK Independence Party 758
Peace Party 172
Socialist Labour Party 163
Independent (1) 127
Socialist Alternative 113
Independent (2) 47

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16217 Elected
Labour 14889
Liberal Democrat 7691
Green 2330
UK Independence Party 1384
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 194

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18428 Elected
Labour 17738
UK Independence Party 4446
Green 3187
Liberal Democrat 1365
Socialist Party of Great Britain 73
Independent 69

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28703 Elected
Conservative 18835
Liberal Democrat 1457
Independent 212

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25033 Elected
Conservative 16972
Liberal Democrat 2964
Green 2237
Brexit Party 1327

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745140/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024