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| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4616 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3382 | |
More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Feb, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4280 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3398 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4938 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3661 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Aug, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Aug, 1897 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal-Labour | 4289 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4106 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 4992 | Elected |
| Liberal-Labour | 4028 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5409 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4408 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6156 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4200 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 510 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5766 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3902 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Liberal | 12164 | Elected |
| Labour | 6781 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16692 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 10949 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14741 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9408 | |
| Liberal | 3684 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17053 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13708 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20277 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9828 | |
| Liberal | 6612 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Feb, 1930 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 11543 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8612 | |
| Liberal | 3650 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1084 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20270 | Elected |
| Labour | 15528 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1571 | |
| New Party | 847 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18985 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13467 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19373 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8177 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 4115 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 32542 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 13136 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1081 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31519 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 12433 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1116 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27643 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 12239 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1461 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28302 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 12269 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1373 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27317 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9963 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1356 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26653 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7476 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 989 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jun, 1968 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14179 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8931 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 1069 | |
| Independent | 918 | |
| National Independent | 586 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23941 | Elected |
| Conservative | 8572 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 665 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27363 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6796 | |
| Liberal | 5347 | |
| Communist Party | 513 | |
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 | 18108 | Elected |
| Independent Labour | 10182 | |
| Conservative | 4905 | |
| Liberal | 3271 | |
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 | 25672 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7979 | |
| Liberal | 3482 | |
| National Front | 354 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25531 | Elected |
| Liberal | 10322 | |
| Conservative | 7888 | |
| National Front | 286 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31208 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7017 | |
| Liberal | 6434 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29771 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7090 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5273 | |
| International Communist | 150 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24901 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 4947 | |
| Conservative | 2850 | |
| Referendum Party | 624 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 482 | |
| Natural Law | 61 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19650 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2601 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2238 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 361 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 354 | |
| UK Independence Party | 348 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16876 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 3232 | |
| Conservative | 2205 | |
| British National Party | 1537 | |
| UK Independence Party | 779 | |
More information about the 2005 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, Sheffield Brightside 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/12746945/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 02nd June 2026