Sunderland South Constituency (BCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27192
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
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
Labour 21939
Liberal 2524

This was a by-election.



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 24727
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Conservative 17321
Left 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
Conservative 16210
Left 7768
Other 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
Conservative 14898
Liberal 5844
Other 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
Conservative 7536
Liberal 4606
Right 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
Conservative 6254
Liberal 3675
Right 1046
Other 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
Conservative 6923
Liberal 4492
Right 1166
Other 149

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland South Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747275/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026