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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28386 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 23685 | |
| Liberal | 986 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29020 | Elected |
| Liberal | 25714 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1508 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26082 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 24208 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1335 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25857 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 25143 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1086 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 21st Nov, 1963 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22449 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 17494 | |
| Scottish National Party | 3285 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1170 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27090 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 22473 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1228 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26705 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18345 | |
| Liberal | 3454 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1217 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26271 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19449 | |
| Scottish National Party | 4441 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 809 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22193 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15745 | |
| Scottish National Party | 12959 | |
| Communist Party | 673 | |
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 | 19480 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 16678 | |
| Conservative | 8769 | |
| Liberal | 2195 | |
| Communist Party | 381 | |
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 | 23654 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 13197 | |
| Conservative | 12892 | |
| Communist Party | 316 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20288 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10138 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 7976 | |
| Scottish National Party | 7973 | |
| Ecology Party | 302 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24916 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8390 | |
| Scottish National Party | 7164 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 5922 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 308 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20498 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 9894 | |
| Conservative | 7746 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3132 | |
| Green | 432 | |
| Natural Law | 159 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20875 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 9016 | |
| Conservative | 5105 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2972 | |
| Scottish Socialist Alliance | 428 | |
| Referendum Party | 411 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14787 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 7987 | |
| Conservative | 2656 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2620 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1192 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16468 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 11089 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5323 | |
| Conservative | 3062 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 994 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17994 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 10716 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4233 | |
| Conservative | 3461 | |
| Independent | 365 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 357 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 27684 | Elected |
| Labour | 10592 | |
| Conservative | 3852 | |
| Green | 1225 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1057 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 304 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 18045 | Elected |
| Labour | 12783 | |
| Conservative | 6257 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1189 | |
| Independent | 403 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 22355 | Elected |
| Labour | 10096 | |
| Conservative | 5149 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2468 | |
| Brexit Party | 1271 | |
| Christian People's Alliance | 240 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 15544 | Elected |
| Labour & Co-operative | 14869 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2402 | |
| Reform UK | 2363 | |
| Conservative | 1569 | |
| Alba Party | 813 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 600 | |
| Scottish Family Party | 357 | |
| Workers Party of Britain | 192 | |
| Independent | 139 | |
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, Dundee Central Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745588/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026