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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 | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Jan, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 218 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 131 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Liberal | -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 (1) | 312 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 294 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Jul, 1862 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Liberal | 1967 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1228 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Apr, 1875 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1811 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1171 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2763 | Elected |
| Conservative | 59 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Independent Liberal | 2180 | Elected |
| Liberal-Labour | 1504 | |
| Conservative | 746 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 2014 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 911 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Mar, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2567 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 1531 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2741 | Elected |
| Conservative | 939 | |
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 | 3078 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1122 | |
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 | 3354 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 2013 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4659 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1410 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 5035 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1659 | |
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 | -1 | Elected |
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 Liberal | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Mar, 1921 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11674 | Elected |
| Coalition Liberal | 10199 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 12762 | Elected |
| Labour | 12089 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14221 | Elected |
| Liberal | 11937 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14038 | Elected |
| Liberal | 12607 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17410 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11805 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19132 | Elected |
| Labour | 14492 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19457 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15086 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 17th Feb, 1944 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8268 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 6621 | |
| Christian Socialist | 1136 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15401 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10099 | |
| Scottish National Party | 5811 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 2898 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25756 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17192 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26885 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 17484 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23861 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 16392 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25428 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14186 | |
| Liberal | 4020 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24263 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 11756 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4423 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23273 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10539 | |
| Scottish National Party | 5223 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22986 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13193 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4863 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kirkcaldy Constituency (BCon/DistBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735832/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 31st May 2026