Southend East Constituency (BCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20395
Labour 18230
Liberal 4616

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24088
Labour 19478

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23958
Labour 17200

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24712
Labour 16987

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19775
Labour 16408
Liberal 6296

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19125
Labour 18608
Liberal 4495

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24025
Labour 17065

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19600
Labour 14648
Liberal 9979

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 18083
Labour 13480
Liberal 7856

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 22413
Labour 11639
Liberal 5244
Right 676

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 13th Mar, 1980
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13117
Labour 12687
Liberal 8939
Other 762
Left 132

This was a by-election.



Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21743
Left 11052
Labour 6188

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23753
Left 9906
Labour 7296

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24591
Labour 11480
Liberal 5780

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...

ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Southend East Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741005/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026