Political Parties


Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36666 Elected
Conservative 16951

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 38128 Elected
Conservative 24490
Liberal 5011

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 40094 Elected
Conservative 27760

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 25928 Elected
Conservative 21730

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 25323 Elected
Conservative 24047
Liberal 5881

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 27371 Elected
Conservative 22496
Liberal 9047

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 29547 Elected
Conservative 22638
Liberal 7094

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27822 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 27262
Liberal 5453

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 19803 Elected
Conservative 16149
Liberal 10273
National Front 945

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 20817 Elected
Conservative 15335
Liberal 6606
National Front 939

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21195 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 19803
Liberal 4407
National Front 476
Fancy Dress Party 328

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28199 Elected
Labour 14630
Liberal 11204
Independent 374
National Front 282

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30685 Elected
Labour 15756
Social Democratic Party 10439
Independent 491

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31194 Elected
Labour 20880
Liberal Democrat 7584
Independent 262
Natural Law 241

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25278 Elected
Conservative 20950
Liberal Democrat 4872
British National Party 424
Independent 287
Christian Democrat 228

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21466 Elected
Conservative 18160
Liberal Democrat 3781
UK Independence Party 989
Fancy Dress Party 344

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19909 Elected
Conservative 19203
Liberal Democrat 5036
UK Independence Party 1407
English Democrats 1224

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24428 Elected
Labour 13800
Liberal Democrat 7361
English Democrats 2178
UK Independence Party 1842
Independent 264
Fancy Dress Party 207

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25670 Elected
Labour 13325
UK Independence Party 10434
Liberal Democrat 1454
Green 1324
English Democrats 211

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31210 Elected
Labour 18024
UK Independence Party 2544
Liberal Democrat 1428
Green 807
Independent 211

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34006 Elected
Labour 14846
Liberal Democrat 3736
Green 1435

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, Dartford BCon/PBCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735625/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024