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| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 3392 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 2923 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 3706 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 3272 | |
| Conservative | 26 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 3599 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 3254 | |
| Conservative | 1586 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6124 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3664 | |
More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5118 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2759 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 16th Nov, 1888 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6071 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 3969 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5759 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3670 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5379 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3875 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 1080 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6045 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3897 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Jan, 1902 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5660 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4512 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | 1597 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6764 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2959 | |
| Labour | 2629 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 23rd Apr, 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5594 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4078 | |
| Labour | 2446 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 7882 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4747 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
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| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 7061 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4033 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 7853 | Elected |
| Labour | 5596 | |
| Liberal | 5130 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8821 | Elected |
| Liberal | 8065 | |
| Conservative | 6744 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 11179 | Elected |
| Labour | 8923 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 9941 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7516 | |
| Liberal | 6723 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14420 | Elected |
| Liberal | 10607 | |
| Conservative | 6175 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 19463 | Elected |
| Labour | 11101 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14066 | Elected |
| National Labour Organisation | 8798 | |
| Liberal | 6933 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16330 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 8674 | |
| Liberal | 4023 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 29341 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 18076 | |
| Liberal | 7323 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28650 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 19562 | |
| Liberal | 5584 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23286 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15869 | |
| Liberal | 5516 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20870 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17201 | |
| Liberal | 7321 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21284 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15046 | |
| Liberal | 7679 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23027 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12361 | |
| Liberal | 7593 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22015 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17468 | |
| Liberal | 5688 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21186 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15774 | |
| Liberal | 12899 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
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| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20378 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13477 | |
| Liberal | 10991 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
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| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22829 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18448 | |
| Liberal | 7580 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20297 | Elected |
| Labour | 18211 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 13065 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23668 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23223 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 8907 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25596 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24962 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6570 | |
| British National Party | 660 | |
| Green | 471 | |
| Natural Law | 146 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21286 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12963 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4422 | |
| British National Party | 2232 | |
| Referendum Party | 1019 | |
| Independent | 770 | |
| Green | 383 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18524 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11075 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 4382 | |
| British National Party | 1632 | |
| Green | 560 | |
| UK Independence Party | 478 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15807 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11192 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5624 | |
| British National Party | 5066 | |
| Green | 593 | |
| Independent | 313 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18898 | Elected |
| Labour | 17372 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 9150 | |
| Independent | 3813 | |
| British National Party | 3265 | |
| Green Party | 849 | |
| English Democrats | 661 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22406 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20955 | |
| UK Independence Party | 6649 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1924 | |
| Green | 1366 | |
| Yorkshire First | 236 | |
| Christian People's Alliance | 94 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28814 | Elected |
| Conservative | 25493 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1214 | |
| Green | 1024 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26179 | Elected |
| Labour | 24618 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2406 | |
| Brexit Party | 1874 | |
| Green | 1060 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 252 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Age and sex structure data in single years under age 5, as published in official reports.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dewsbury Constituency (PBCon/CCon/BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750020/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 02nd June 2026