Cardiff South East Constituency (BCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26254
Conservative 20359
Liberal 4080

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28112
Conservative 23613

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25722
Conservative 22482

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26915
Conservative 26047

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30129
Conservative 22288

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29313
Conservative 18476
Liberal 3829

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26226
Conservative 20771
Nationalist 2585
Right 982

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20641
Conservative 13495
Left 3800
Liberal 2978
Nationalist 1254

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 21074
Conservative 10356
Liberal 8006
Nationalist 983
Left 75

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 23871
Conservative 15170
Nationalist 628
Other 507
Left 112

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, Cardiff South East 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/12755235/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026