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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21640 | |
| Conservative | 13075 | |
| Liberal | 11229 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24113 | |
| Conservative | 21912 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22745 | |
| Conservative | 21819 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22964 | |
| Labour | 22358 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19592 | |
| Conservative | 19545 | |
| Liberal | 7227 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24705 | |
| Conservative | 22472 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Dec, 1969 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22548 | |
| Labour | 16499 | |
| Other | 2421 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27459 | |
| Labour | 25107 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29099 | |
| Labour | 26829 | |
| Liberal | 15049 | |
| Right | 897 | |
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 | 29078 | |
| Labour | 27320 | |
| Liberal | 11500 | |
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 | 37812 | |
| Labour | 25278 | |
| Liberal | 8506 | |
| Right | 529 | |
| Other | 209 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 25715 | |
| Labour | 13659 | |
| Liberal | 12994 | |
| Other | 228 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29038 | |
| Labour | 14968 | |
| Liberal | 11047 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32302 | |
| Labour | 20486 | |
| Liberal | 7714 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24854 | |
| Conservative | 24667 | |
| Liberal | 5279 | |
| Right | 1192 | |
| Other | 297 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23867 | |
| Conservative | 21512 | |
| Liberal | 4763 | |
| Right | 864 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22674 | |
| Labour | 21987 | |
| Liberal | 6147 | |
| Right | 1214 | |
| Other | 983 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24918 | |
| Labour | 13131 | |
| Liberal | 8848 | |
| Right | 3232 | |
| Other | 1283 | |
| Left | 249 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26265 | |
| Right | 9868 | |
| Labour | 9839 | |
| Liberal | 2240 | |
| Other | 2218 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30579 | |
| Labour | 18119 | |
| Right | 1804 | |
| Liberal | 1782 | |
| Other | 956 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32277 | |
| Labour | 13737 | |
| Liberal | 4078 | |
| Other | 1821 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Feb, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 13844 | |
| Other | 7471 | |
| Conservative | 7408 | |
| Liberal | 1422 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17734 | |
| Conservative | 12248 | |
| Other | 12160 | |
| Liberal | 1570 | |
| Left | 273 | |
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, Wellingborough and Rushden 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/12740580/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 27th July 2026