Southend West and Leigh Constituency (BCon) : Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34100 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 15254
Liberal 9907

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39287 Elected
Labour 17532

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27326 Elected
Labour 8866
Liberal 6375

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 29th Jan, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14493 Elected
Liberal 6314
Labour 5280

This was a by-election.



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27612 Elected
Liberal 10577
Labour 9219

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25555 Elected
Liberal 14548
Labour 10423

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25713 Elected
Labour 13856
Liberal 10958

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29304 Elected
Labour 12419
Liberal 7077

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25040 Elected
Liberal 19885
Labour 8720

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 23480 Elected
Liberal 16409
Labour 9451

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29449 Elected
Liberal 12585
Labour 8341
National Front 680

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26360 Elected
Liberal 18327
Labour 3675

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28003 Elected
Liberal 19603
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 3899

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27319 Elected
Liberal Democrat 15417
Labour 6139
Liberal 495
Green 451
Natural Law 127

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18029 Elected
Liberal Democrat 15414
Labour 10600
Referendum Party 1734
UK Independence Party 636
Natural Law 101

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17313 Elected
Labour 9372
Liberal Democrat 9319
UK Independence Party 1371

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18408 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9449
Labour 9072
UK Independence Party 1349
Independent 745
English Democrats 701
Max Power Party 106

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20086 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12816
Labour 5850
UK Independence Party 1714
British National Party 1333
Green Party 644
Independent 617
English Democrats 546

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22175 Elected
Labour 8154
UK Independence Party 7803
Liberal Democrat 4129
Green 2083
English Democrats 165

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26046 Elected
Labour 16046
Liberal Democrat 2110
UK Independence Party 1666
Green 831
Southend Independent Association 305
Independent 187

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27555 Elected
Labour 13096
Liberal Democrat 5312
Independent 574

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 3rd Feb, 2022
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12792 Elected
Psychedelic Movement 512
UK Independence Party 400
English Democrats 320
Independent (1) 299
Heritage Party 236
Freedom Alliance 161
English Constitution Party 86
Independent (2) 52

This was a by-election.



Election of 4th Jul, 2024
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16739 Elected
Conservative 14790
Reform UK 8273
Green 3262
Liberal Democrat 3174
Confelicity 262
Independent (1) 172
Heritage Party 99
Psychedelic Movement 99
Independent (2) 98

More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Southend West and Leigh Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747123/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026