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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27192 | Elected |
| Conservative | 22012 | |
| Liberal | 5604 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27257 | Elected |
| Conservative | 26951 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th May, 1953 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23114 | Elected |
| Labour | 21939 | |
| Liberal | 2524 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (Independent Conservative) (Conservative) | 24727 | Elected |
| Labour | 22953 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27825 | Elected |
| Labour | 26835 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25900 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24334 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27567 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20398 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26840 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20722 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28296 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19700 | |
| Liberal | 9098 | |
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 | 28623 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15593 | |
| Liberal | 7828 | |
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 | 29403 | Elected |
| Conservative | 21002 | |
| Liberal | 4984 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22869 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17321 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9865 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28823 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16210 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 7768 | |
| Green | 516 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29399 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14898 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5844 | |
| Green | 596 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27174 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7536 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4606 | |
| UK Independence Party | 609 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19921 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6254 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3675 | |
| British National Party | 576 | |
| UK Independence Party | 470 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 291 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17982 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6923 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4492 | |
| British National Party | 1166 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 149 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Total households, as defined by the relevant census.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland South Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747275/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 03rd June 2026