Penrith and the Border Constituency (CCon) : Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21214 Elected
Liberal 12333
Labour 10441

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23274 Elected
Labour 10759
Liberal 8857
Independent 158

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22791 Elected
Labour 9119
Liberal 7342
Independent 368

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23551 Elected
Labour 9342
Liberal 7602

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21228 Elected
Labour 10490
Liberal 9279

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20982 Elected
Labour 12081
Liberal 6757

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23800 Elected
Labour 10256
Liberal 6316

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26433 Elected
Labour 9095
Liberal 8202
Independent 235

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 23547 Elected
Labour 9791
Liberal 7215

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 26940 Elected
Labour 9844
Liberal 7256

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29304 Elected
Liberal 13883
Labour 6612

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Jul, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17530 Elected
Liberal 16978
Labour 2834
Monster Raving Loony Party 412
Independent (1) 150
Independent (2) 72
Independent (3) 69
Independent (4) 35

This was a by-election.



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33148 Elected
Liberal 15782
Labour 6075

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33808 Elected
Liberal Democrat 15359
Labour 8871
Green 610
Natural Law 129

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23300 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13067
Labour 10576
Referendum Party 2018

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24302 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9625
Labour 8177
UK Independence Party 938
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 870
Independent 337

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24046 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12142
Labour 8958
UK Independence Party 1187
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 549

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24071 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12830
Labour 5834
UK Independence Party 1259
British National Party 1093

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26202 Elected
Labour 6308
UK Independence Party 5353
Liberal Democrat 3745
Green 2313

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28078 Elected
Labour 12168
Liberal Democrat 3641
UK Independence Party 1142
Green 1029
Independent 412

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28875 Elected
Labour 10356
Liberal Democrat 5364
Green 2159
Cumbria First 1070

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Penrith and the Border Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737385/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 09th April 2026