East Fife Constituency (CCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Right 25749
Labour 10694
Liberal 3975

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Right 28446
Labour 11844

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 26104
Labour 10872

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Right 26585
Labour 11421

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Nov, 1961
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15948
Labour 8882
Liberal 8786

This was a by-election.



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21001
Labour 9765
Liberal 5075
Nationalist 2635
Other 257

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19323
Labour 9229
Nationalist 5394
Liberal 3574

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21619
Labour 9756
Nationalist 4666
Liberal 3577

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21172
Nationalist 8593
Liberal 7766
Labour 6634

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 16116
Nationalist 13202
Labour 7040
Liberal 5247

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 20117
Liberal 10762
Labour 9339
Nationalist 6612

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...

ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754772/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026