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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 15842 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4283 | |
| Labour | 3070 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19960 | Elected |
| Liberal | 9080 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Dec, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 14301 | Elected |
| Independent Conservative | 8434 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 13th Aug, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 11884 | Elected |
| Liberal | 9763 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16625 | Elected |
| Labour | 7388 | |
| Liberal | 5698 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22423 | Elected |
| Labour | 8310 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15068 | Elected |
| Labour | 10127 | |
| Independent Conservative | 9505 | |
| Liberal | 6214 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32634 | Elected |
| Labour | 7715 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27416 | Elected |
| Labour | 9043 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Jul, 1939 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15810 | Elected |
| Labour | 12783 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 31124 | Elected |
| Labour | 17545 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30548 | Elected |
| Labour | 17350 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27887 | Elected |
| Labour | 13600 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27892 | Elected |
| Labour | 11979 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24387 | Elected |
| Labour | 13904 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22713 | Elected |
| Labour | 14738 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23962 | Elected |
| Labour | 13847 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26824 | Elected |
| Labour | 15842 | |
| Liberal | 10307 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | 394 | |
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 | 23379 | Elected |
| Labour | 15308 | |
| Liberal | 9807 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | 612 | |
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 | 26835 | Elected |
| Labour | 15306 | |
| Liberal | 6487 | |
| National Front | 457 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 25101 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 12766 | |
| Labour | 11324 | |
| Independent Liberal | 554 | |
| National Front | 279 | |
| Independent | 172 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Jun, 1984 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Social Democratic Party (1981) | 15358 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14017 | |
| Labour | 10846 | |
| National Front | 226 | |
| Green | 190 | |
| Independent Liberal | 113 | |
| Independent (1) | 50 | |
| Independent (2) | 42 | |
| Independent (3) | 41 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23534 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 23329 | |
| Labour | 7047 | |
| Independent | 455 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22798 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 22556 | |
| Labour | 7857 | |
| Green | 349 | |
| Natural Law | 91 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Democrat | 20421 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16094 | |
| Labour | 13086 | |
| Referendum Party | 1629 | |
| Liberal | 184 | |
| UK Independence Party | 141 | |
| Natural Law | 140 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Democrat | 17490 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11397 | |
| Labour | 9361 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 647 | |
| UK Independence Party | 321 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Democrat | 17047 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13685 | |
| Labour | 8714 | |
| UK Independence Party | 928 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Democrat | 18921 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13721 | |
| Labour | 5640 | |
| UK Independence Party | 876 | |
| British National Party | 873 | |
| Green Party | 716 | |
| English Democrats | 400 | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 117 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 14585 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 9344 | |
| Labour | 8184 | |
| UK Independence Party | 5595 | |
| Green | 3145 | |
| Independent | 716 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 235 | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 99 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18290 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16736 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7699 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1129 | |
| Green | 712 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23068 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17705 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5418 | |
| Brexit Party | 994 | |
| Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 240 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18857 | Elected |
| Reform UK | 5702 | |
| Conservative | 5643 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4886 | |
| Green | 3107 | |
| Portsmouth Independent Party | 733 | |
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, Portsmouth South Constituency (PBDivCon/BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746799/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 01st June 2026