Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12447
Liberal 3699
Labour 2985

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11765
Liberal 6421
Labour 6397

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10901
Conservative 8876
Labour 5366

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13341
Liberal 7772
Left 5328

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14230
Liberal 10958
Labour 8080

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24817
Labour 6319
Liberal 4658

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Nov, 1933
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13904
Labour 11005
Left 2503

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19678
Labour 9258
Left 2525

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jul, 1944
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8430
Other 6670
Left 734

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15408
Conservative 15398
Liberal 4673

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Manchester Rusholme PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746416/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024