Sowerby Constituency (CCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 16th Mar, 1949
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18606
Conservative 16454

This was a by-election.



Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22846
Conservative 19181
Liberal 8306

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22766
Conservative 21118
Liberal 5573

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20092
Conservative 17309
Liberal 7046

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18949
Conservative 16993
Liberal 7654

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21582
Conservative 18220

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21591
Conservative 16361

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16583
Conservative 16114
Liberal 5137

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14492
Conservative 14377
Liberal 11254

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 14971
Conservative 14325
Liberal 9136
Other 157

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 16797
Labour 15617
Liberal 7369

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sowerby Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12742484/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th July 2026