Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13556
Labour 4796

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16249
Labour 6571

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14230
Labour 5807

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20017
Labour 5149

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13364
Liberal 5095
Labour 3719

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24720
Liberal 10422
Labour 7662

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 44076
Labour 7571

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 49948
Labour 19286

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27081
Labour 20533
Liberal 6643

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Dec, 1947
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33633
Labour 17339
Liberal 4121

This was a by-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, Surrey Epsom PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741704/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024