Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42222 Elected
Conservative 12887

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 41990 Elected
Conservative 13470

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39968 Elected
Conservative 12916

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 43962 Elected
Conservative 15369

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 43101 Elected
Conservative 14813

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 43634 Elected
Conservative 13167

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 44322 Elected
Conservative 17418

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 52532 Elected
Conservative 19058

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 44670 Elected
Conservative 11893
Liberal 9828

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 45986 Elected
Conservative 19984
Liberal 7937

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21781 Elected
Conservative 13156
Social Democratic Party 11903

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28292 Elected
Conservative 12502
Social Democratic Party 9240
Workers' Party 145

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30977 Elected
Conservative 13755
Liberal Democrat 6483

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31184 Elected
Conservative 7699
Liberal Democrat 5342
Referendum Party 1932

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22851 Elected
Conservative 7969
Liberal Democrat 4603
UK Independence Party 1380

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21871 Elected
Conservative 7647
Liberal Democrat 6272
British National Party 2020
UK Independence Party 1685

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19147 Elected
Conservative 13281
Liberal Democrat 8111
British National Party 3606
UK Independence Party 2613

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20501 Elected
UK Independence Party 13204
Conservative 10945
Liberal Democrat 1992
English Democrats 377

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23821 Elected
Conservative 19939
UK Independence Party 3704
Liberal Democrat 1155
Green 869

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21970 Elected
Labour 15652
Brexit Party 6264
Liberal Democrat 2553
Green 1219
Independent 1040

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, Rother Valley CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742319/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th April 2024