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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 38508 | |
| Liberal | 22176 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37789 | |
| Liberal | 26976 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37921 | |
| Nationalist | 19624 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 36875 | |
| Nationalist | 6928 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32922 | |
| Nationalist | 11031 | |
| Labour | 6260 | |
| Liberal | 5610 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32876 | |
| Liberal | 9586 | |
| Nationalist | 8917 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34894 | |
| Other | 21676 | |
| Liberal | 7747 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 31088 | |
| Left | 28532 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 33614 | |
| Left | 32526 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 36908 | |
| Left | 25715 | |
| Nationalist | 1853 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 26259 | |
| Left | 20996 | |
| Nationalist | 4074 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Jan, 1986 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 24963 | |
| Left | 23643 | |
| Nationalist | 2936 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 27254 | |
| Other | 26917 | |
| Nationalist | 2363 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 31523 | |
| Other | 26723 | |
| Nationalist | 1843 | |
| Conservative | 1488 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 26181 | |
| Other | 18178 | |
| Nationalist | 5127 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 24136 | |
| Other | 17660 | |
| Nationalist | 10278 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 21557 | |
| Other | 14203 | |
| Nationalist | 12417 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 20648 | |
| Nationalist | 12236 | |
| Other | 9705 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Left | 18077 | |
| Nationalist | 12186 | |
| Other | 9072 | |
| Right | 3044 | |
| Conservative | 318 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Nationalist | 20328 | |
| Left | 17882 | |
| Other | 12683 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 19108 | |
| Nationalist | 16137 | |
| Left | 14517 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Nationalist | 19698 | |
| Other | 15081 | |
| Left | 10418 | |
| Conservative | 46 | |
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, South Down Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747044/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 01st June 2026