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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20014 | Elected |
| Labour | 17471 | |
| Liberal | 6489 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21679 | Elected |
| Labour | 18244 | |
| Liberal | 5005 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (Independent Conservative) (Conservative) | 22119 | Elected |
| Labour | 16702 | |
| Liberal | 4798 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22050 | Elected |
| Labour | 15357 | |
| Liberal | 6887 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 22nd Nov, 1962 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13783 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13079 | |
| Liberal | 8910 | |
| Independent Conservative | 5057 | |
| Independent Serviceman candidate (1) | 181 | |
| Independent Serviceman candidate (2) | 82 | |
| Independent Serviceman candidate (3) | 45 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21209 | Elected |
| Labour | 20274 | |
| Liberal | 7100 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22997 | Elected |
| Labour | 21120 | |
| Liberal | 5862 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27580 | Elected |
| Labour | 20716 | |
| Liberal | 4680 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26933 | Elected |
| Labour | 18338 | |
| Liberal | 12140 | |
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 | 24351 | Elected |
| Labour | 17652 | |
| Liberal | 11075 | |
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 | 32372 | Elected |
| Labour | 17133 | |
| Liberal | 8649 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28631 | Elected |
| Social Democratic | 13533 | |
| Labour | 7831 | |
| Independent | 151 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30184 | Elected |
| Liberal | 15117 | |
| Labour | 9494 | |
| Independent | 244 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29319 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 15811 | |
| Labour | 12298 | |
| Independent | 673 | |
| Natural Law | 191 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17755 | Elected |
| Labour | 17678 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 9936 | |
| Referendum Party | 2791 | |
| UK Independence Party | 861 | |
| Natural Law | 161 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19027 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18874 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6531 | |
| UK Independence Party | 913 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20231 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18419 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7647 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1571 | |
| Legalise Cannabis Alliance | 282 | |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition | 219 | |
| Personality & Rational Thinking? Yes! Party | 107 | |
| Wessex Regionalists | 83 | |
| Independent | 25 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22667 | Elected |
| Labour | 15224 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 9557 | |
| UK Independence Party | 2034 | |
| Green Party | 595 | |
| Go Mad & Vote For Yourself Party | 233 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23756 | Elected |
| Labour | 11762 | |
| UK Independence Party | 7304 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2901 | |
| Green | 2275 | |
| Independent | 435 | |
| Movement for Active Democracy | 164 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29135 | Elected |
| Labour | 17440 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3053 | |
| Green | 2278 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30024 | Elected |
| Labour | 12871 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5432 | |
| Green | 2246 | |
| Independent | 485 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15659 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14611 | |
| Reform UK | 8168 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8017 | |
| Green | 2153 | |
| Independent (1) | 192 | |
| Independent (2) | 185 | |
| Independent (3) | 52 | |
More information about the 2024 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, South Dorset Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737579/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 09th April 2026