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| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 4337 | |
| Liberal | 1929 | |
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 | 5947 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 6778 | |
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 | 6549 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Jun, 1899 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 7852 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 7631 | |
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 | 9038 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 16th Apr, 1909 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 8596 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 11033 | |
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 | 6436 | |
| Conservative | 3782 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Feb, 1912 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 9203 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 8460 | |
| Left | 5136 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 10551 | |
| Right | 7088 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 10876 | |
| Conservative | 5045 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9330 | |
| Conservative | 6105 | |
| Liberal | 5625 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13933 | |
| Liberal | 8687 | |
| Conservative | 6889 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 17372 | |
| Labour | 10244 | |
| Nationalist | 2872 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13341 | |
| Conservative | 12229 | |
| Liberal | 5313 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19300 | |
| Conservative | 12771 | |
| Nationalist | 2149 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd Oct, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15482 | |
| Conservative | 9665 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Nov, 1947 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16906 | |
| Right | 11490 | |
| Liberal | 3379 | |
| Nationalist | 1682 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24072 | |
| Conservative | 17531 | |
| Liberal | 3632 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25201 | |
| Conservative | 21400 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Apr, 1954 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18950 | |
| Conservative | 13922 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21240 | |
| Conservative | 19198 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22244 | |
| Conservative | 21932 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24808 | |
| Conservative | 19376 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25423 | |
| Conservative | 16614 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22171 | |
| Conservative | 16657 | |
| Nationalist | 3502 | |
| Left | 413 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20163 | |
| Conservative | 14614 | |
| Nationalist | 7128 | |
| Liberal | 3998 | |
| Left | 274 | |
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 | 19669 | |
| Nationalist | 11213 | |
| Conservative | 10111 | |
| Liberal | 2578 | |
| Left | 213 | |
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 | 23477 | |
| Conservative | 14660 | |
| Nationalist | 5296 | |
| Left | 297 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16169 | |
| Conservative | 10303 | |
| Liberal | 7570 | |
| Nationalist | 1976 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18257 | |
| Conservative | 8962 | |
| Liberal | 5592 | |
| Nationalist | 3434 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15446 | |
| Conservative | 8235 | |
| Nationalist | 6225 | |
| Liberal | 3432 | |
| Other | 424 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh East Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736198/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 01st June 2026