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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27236 | |
| Conservative | 15999 | |
| Other | 1039 | |
| Left | 664 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28906 | |
| Conservative | 18854 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25654 | |
| Conservative | 17347 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27454 | |
| Conservative | 18083 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Jun, 1962 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21266 | |
| Nationalist | 9750 | |
| Conservative | 4784 | |
| Liberal | 4537 | |
| Left | 1511 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24933 | |
| Nationalist | 15087 | |
| Conservative | 8919 | |
| Left | 610 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26662 | |
| Nationalist | 17955 | |
| Conservative | 5726 | |
| Left | 567 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29360 | |
| Nationalist | 15620 | |
| Conservative | 10048 | |
| Left | 459 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28112 | |
| Nationalist | 21690 | |
| Conservative | 11804 | |
| Left | 438 | |
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 | 27687 | |
| Nationalist | 24997 | |
| Conservative | 6086 | |
| Liberal | 2083 | |
| Left | 247 | |
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 | 36713 | |
| Nationalist | 16631 | |
| Conservative | 13162 | |
| Left | 404 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Lothian Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739898/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 27th July 2026