Edinburgh North Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11879
Liberal 6986

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1920
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9944
Liberal 8469
Labour 3808

This was a by-election.



Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14805
Liberal 9165

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13744
Conservative 10909

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14461
Labour 8192
Liberal 6669

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13993
Labour 11340
Liberal 9877

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26361
Labour 8771

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20776
Labour 8654
Liberal 1798

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12825
Conservative 12270
Liberal 3344

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17826
Labour 13683
Liberal 3302

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20836
Labour 14604

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 27th Jan, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11413
Labour 7799

This was a by-election.



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20425
Labour 12664

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19991
Labour 11235

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 19th May, 1960
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12109
Labour 6775
Liberal 3458

This was a by-election.



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17094
Labour 12264

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13765
Labour 10730
Liberal 2871

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13005
Labour 9127
Liberal 2475

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Nov, 1973
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7208
Labour 4467
Nationalist 3526
Liberal 3431

This was a by-election.



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16417
Labour 9404
Liberal 5487
Nationalist 4550

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 12856
Labour 8465
Nationalist 7681
Liberal 3677

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 14170
Labour 9773
Liberal 5045
Nationalist 3521

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edinburgh North Constituency (BCon/PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 28th July 2026