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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 13240 | Elected |
| Labour | 4115 | |
| Liberal | 3930 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 10459 | Elected |
| Liberal | 8538 | |
| Labour | 5742 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 12269 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10428 | |
| Labour | 4158 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 11115 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10534 | |
| Labour | 6350 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 15233 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10688 | |
| Labour | 7428 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 23459 | Elected |
| Labour | 9039 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 20852 | Elected |
| Labour | 9756 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13395 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 11382 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 30812 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 27329 | |
| Liberal | 2766 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 32158 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 29768 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 24821 | Elected |
| Labour | 24721 | |
| Liberal | 3100 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal & Conservative (Conservative) | 28481 | Elected |
| Labour | 22027 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24241 | Elected |
| Labour | 20615 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22760 | Elected |
| Labour | 22441 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21843 | Elected |
| Labour | 20471 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15819 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15382 | |
| Liberal | 6298 | |
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 | 17398 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15139 | |
| Liberal | 3953 | |
| Independent Liberal | 312 | |
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 | 16545 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15544 | |
| Liberal | 2360 | |
| National Front | 243 | |
| Independent | 203 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic Party | 20843 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15907 | |
| Labour | 9845 | |
| Independent Conservative | 292 | |
| National Front | 72 | |
| Independent Democrat | 51 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic Party | 21039 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14569 | |
| Labour | 14166 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24953 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17541 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6315 | |
| Social Democratic | 2152 | |
| Natural Law | 255 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31629 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12562 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5570 | |
| Referendum Party | 1486 | |
| UK Independence Party | 478 | |
| National Democratic Resistance | 238 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24322 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11289 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4513 | |
| UK Independence Party | 958 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 334 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 303 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18612 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10509 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8000 | |
| UK Independence Party | 3324 | |
| Independent | 747 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 445 | |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition | 376 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Male occupations classified into Socio-Economic Groups, but with additional sub-divisions by social class. This structure was used by the 1971 census.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Plymouth Devonport 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/12737506/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026