Eastleigh Constituency (CCon/BCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20215
Labour 19670

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24949
Labour 21693

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23429
Labour 21341
Liberal 6685

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24337
Labour 23636
Liberal 5617

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30300
Labour 22248
Liberal 6825

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28512
Labour 18402
Liberal 17178

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

This was a General Election



Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26869
Labour 19054
Liberal 13832

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

This was a General Election



Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38516
Labour 18222
Liberal 12143

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32393
Liberal 19385
Labour 11736

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35584
Liberal 22229
Labour 11599

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38998
Liberal 21296
Labour 15768

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Jun, 1994
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24473
Labour 15234
Conservative 13675
Right 952
Other 928

This was a by-election.



Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19453
Conservative 18699
Labour 14883
Other 2013
Right 446

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19360
Conservative 16302
Labour 10426
Right 849
Other 636

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19216
Conservative 18648
Labour 10238
Right 1669

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24966
Conservative 21102
Labour 5153
Right 2026
Other 403

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 2013
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13342
Right 11571
Conservative 10559
Labour 4088
Other 1964
Left 62
Nationalist 30

This was a by-election.



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23464
Liberal 14317
Right 8783
Labour 7181
Other 1646
Left 114

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28889
Liberal 14710
Labour 11454
Right 1477
Other 750

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32690
Liberal 17083
Labour 7559
Other 1639

More information about the 2019 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, Eastleigh Constituency (CCon/BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735560/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026