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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15324 | Elected |
| Liberal | 15227 | |
| Labour | 4807 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 17392 | Elected |
| Liberal | 16645 | |
| Labour | 2946 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18906 | Elected |
| Liberal | 11747 | |
| Labour | 5633 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Jun, 1957 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15513 | Elected |
| Liberal | 12411 | |
| Labour | 6278 | |
| Independent | 170 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20255 | Elected |
| Liberal | 11604 | |
| Labour | 6548 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19898 | Elected |
| Liberal | 14768 | |
| Labour | 6253 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20520 | Elected |
| Liberal | 15005 | |
| Labour | 7090 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28471 | Elected |
| Liberal | 12095 | |
| Labour | 8626 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30288 | Elected |
| Liberal | 23405 | |
| Labour | 6032 | |
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 | 28891 | Elected |
| Liberal | 20350 | |
| Labour | 7245 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 40046 | Elected |
| Liberal | 16750 | |
| Labour | 7543 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30058 | Elected |
| Liberal | 18678 | |
| Labour | 2710 | |
| Wessex Regionalists | 294 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32854 | Elected |
| Liberal | 20947 | |
| Labour | 3819 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34234 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 24154 | |
| Labour | 4360 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23294 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 20548 | |
| Labour | 5380 | |
| Referendum Party | 2564 | |
| UK Independence Party | 801 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22314 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 18517 | |
| Labour | 5334 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1019 | |
| Lower Excise Duty Party | 391 | |
| Independent | 246 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23714 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 21470 | |
| Labour | 4596 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1918 | |
| Green | 1117 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27640 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 20015 | |
| Labour | 2910 | |
| UK Independence Party | 2812 | |
| Green Party | 546 | |
| Monster Raving Loony Party | 218 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30227 | Elected |
| UK Independence Party | 9109 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6226 | |
| Labour | 4785 | |
| Green | 3038 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 36169 | Elected |
| Labour | 10392 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7556 | |
| Green | 1607 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 35705 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 11404 | |
| Labour | 6737 | |
| Green | 2261 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18208 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 16619 | |
| Reform UK | 7894 | |
| Labour | 4370 | |
| Green | 2082 | |
| Independent | 317 | |
| UK Independence Party | 119 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 74 | |
More information about the 2024 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, North Dorset Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754747/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026