Harwich Constituency (CCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Right 22814
Labour 16756
Liberal 5536

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Right 26169
Labour 18244

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Feb, 1954
Party Votes Outcome
Right 19532
Labour 13535

This was a by-election.



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 23889
Labour 14425
Liberal 4010

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Right 23653
Labour 11588
Liberal 5507
Other 3744

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Right 25102
Labour 14877
Liberal 9824

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Right 24975
Labour 18335
Liberal 9219

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32754
Labour 19923
Liberal 8519

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32452
Liberal 19989
Labour 18697

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 29963
Labour 19135
Liberal 15048

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 37685
Labour 16998
Liberal 14094
Right 597

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27422
Liberal 14920
Labour 8302

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29344
Liberal 17262
Labour 9920
Other 161

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32369
Liberal 15210
Labour 14511
Other 279

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20740
Conservative 19524
Liberal 7037
Other 6213

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21951
Conservative 19355
Liberal 4099
Right 2463
Other 247

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21235
Labour 20315
Liberal 5913
Right 2314
Other 631

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Harwich 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/12756690/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026