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| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Independent Liberal (2) | 2930 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1683 | |
| Conservative | 1606 | |
| Independent Liberal (1) | 770 | |
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 | 3760 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 2236 | |
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 | 3733 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 1758 | |
| Scottish Socialist Fed. & Scot. Utd. Trades Cncils. Lab. Pty. | 434 | |
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 | -1 | Elected |
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 | 3028 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 2459 | |
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 | 3935 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 1857 | |
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 | 3965 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 1980 | |
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 | 3771 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1947 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 7161 | Elected |
| Coalition Liberal | 6797 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 12876 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 9371 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13186 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6225 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13628 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8897 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16762 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6745 | |
| Conservative | 4889 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17293 | Elected |
| Labour | 10566 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1319 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 12612 | Elected |
| Labour | 9659 | |
| Liberal | 1086 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Dec, 1941 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 4771 | Elected |
| Independent Labour Party | 1950 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 10921 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6701 | |
| Liberal | 2262 | |
| Independent | 232 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16568 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13631 | |
| Liberal | 3446 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 646 | |
| Independent | 282 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18429 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16847 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16735 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15796 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15849 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15232 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14174 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12082 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13682 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9667 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9561 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8000 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1666 | |
| Liberal | 1486 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11354 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10393 | |
| Liberal | 4180 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4074 | |
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 | 11129 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7176 | |
| Scottish National Party | 6866 | |
| Liberal | 2463 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
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| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 12191 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7530 | |
| Liberal | 3096 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2486 | |
| Scottish Labour | 176 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 14095 | Elected |
| Labour | 11529 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9498 | |
| Scottish National Party | 1810 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 119 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16502 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14240 | |
| Liberal | 7333 | |
| Scottish National Party | 2559 | |
| Green | 438 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15189 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13063 | |
| Scottish National Party | 5539 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4500 | |
| Green | 630 | |
| Liberal | 235 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20125 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9055 | |
| Scottish National Party | 6750 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5605 | |
| Green | 607 | |
| Referendum Party | 495 | |
| Independent | 98 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14495 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 6353 | |
| Conservative | 5643 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4832 | |
| Green | 1809 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1258 | |
More information about the 2001 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 Central Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736204/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 02nd June 2026