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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 277 | Elected |
| Conservative | 220 | |
More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 307 | Elected |
| Liberal | 281 | |
More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 328 | Elected |
| Conservative | 300 | |
More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 392 | Elected |
| Liberal | 258 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 359 | Elected |
| Liberal | 326 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 406 | Elected |
| Conservative | 403 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1862 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 455 | Elected |
| Liberal | 426 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 507 | Elected |
| Conservative | 457 | |
More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1557 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1512 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1779 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1600 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1814 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1627 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2194 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1796 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1918 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1661 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2374 | Elected |
| Liberal | 2049 | |
More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2253 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1946 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2582 | Elected |
| Liberal | 2178 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Unionist | 2864 | Elected |
| Liberal | 2165 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Unionist | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Mar, 1902 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2960 | Elected |
| Labour | 1979 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2285 | Elected |
| Labour | 2068 | |
| Liberal | 1247 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 3121 | Elected |
| Labour | 2602 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2837 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2651 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 9128 | Elected |
| Labour | 5882 | |
| Liberal | 2448 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 10416 | Elected |
| Labour | 9798 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 7966 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7345 | |
| Liberal | 4640 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 11086 | Elected |
| Labour | 10192 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13393 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10180 | |
| Liberal | 3875 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15881 | Elected |
| Labour | 11774 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 21st Apr, 1932 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13586 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13242 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15804 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12400 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14378 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8268 | |
| Liberal | 3613 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25996 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15925 | |
| Liberal | 5022 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27100 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19398 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 21st Oct, 1954 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21822 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15714 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28180 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18435 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29705 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20114 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26315 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14385 | |
| Liberal | 6753 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28907 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15299 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27352 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15668 | |
| Liberal | 4071 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27032 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15614 | |
| Liberal | 10009 | |
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 | 25616 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12810 | |
| Liberal | 8304 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27124 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19571 | |
| Liberal | 6059 | |
| National Front | 530 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19166 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18806 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9166 | |
| British National Party | 295 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24509 | Elected |
| Conservative | 21720 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 6350 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26964 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20374 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5900 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28977 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14373 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5656 | |
| Referendum Party | 1480 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20592 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12638 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5097 | |
| Green | 1075 | |
| UK Independence Party | 677 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 634 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 541 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18802 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13648 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7063 | |
| British National Party | 1328 | |
| Green | 1297 | |
| UK Independence Party | 467 | |
| English Democrats | 356 | |
| Socialist Alternative | 319 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 101 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17454 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15841 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7256 | |
| British National Party | 2581 | |
| Green Party | 873 | |
| Independent | 439 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17301 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14688 | |
| UK Independence Party | 7862 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1483 | |
| Green | 1069 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 287 | |
| Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party | 283 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22987 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20811 | |
| The Yorkshire Party | 1176 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 943 | |
| Independent | 367 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21283 | Elected |
| Labour | 17925 | |
| Brexit Party | 2725 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1772 | |
| The Yorkshire Party | 868 | |
| Independent | 454 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Jun, 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13166 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8241 | |
| Independent (1) | 2090 | |
| The Yorkshire Party | 1182 | |
| Green | 587 | |
| Reform UK | 513 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 508 | |
| Britain First | 311 | |
| Freedom Alliance - Integrity, Society, Economy | 187 | |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 171 | |
| Christian People's Alliance | 144 | |
| English Democrats | 135 | |
| UK Independence Party | 124 | |
| Northern Independence | 84 | |
| Independent (2) | 23 | |
This was a by-election.
Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wakefield Constituency (BCon/PBCon/CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735601/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 31st May 2026