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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
Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.
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: 31st May 2026