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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22559 | Elected |
| Labour | 18430 | |
| Liberal | 4780 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24679 | Elected |
| Labour | 20690 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24532 | Elected |
| Labour | 19962 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26730 | Elected |
| Labour | 18768 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th May, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22141 | Elected |
| Labour | 19682 | |
| Liberal | 3387 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 25206 | Elected |
| Labour | 20216 | |
| Liberal | 4840 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27782 | Elected |
| Labour | 23140 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 36688 | Elected |
| Labour | 23286 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 33424 | Elected |
| Labour | 20171 | |
| Liberal | 16772 | |
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 | 32179 | Elected |
| Labour | 21097 | |
| Liberal | 10631 | |
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 | 41426 | Elected |
| Labour | 21167 | |
| Liberal | 10386 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 31081 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 14959 | |
| Labour | 6666 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 33672 | Elected |
| Social Democratic Party | 12214 | |
| Labour | 9841 | |
| Green | 1057 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 33554 | Elected |
| Labour | 14767 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 13814 | |
| Natural Law | 550 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21290 | Elected |
| Labour | 20922 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 10102 | |
| Referendum Party | 2939 | |
| Natural Law | 272 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21850 | Elected |
| Labour | 19347 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6998 | |
| UK Independence Party | 831 | |
| Independent | 651 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 580 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24332 | Elected |
| Labour | 14402 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 10423 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1859 | |
| Green | 1603 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27899 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 15519 | |
| Labour | 9776 | |
| UK Independence Party | 3003 | |
| Green Party | 2521 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 31815 | Elected |
| Labour | 10514 | |
| UK Independence Party | 8739 | |
| Green | 4692 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3581 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 36794 | Elected |
| Labour | 18353 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3565 | |
| Green | 2596 | |
| Independent | 852 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 37770 | Elected |
| Labour | 12782 | |
| Green | 9711 | |
| Independent | 1694 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16745 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15293 | |
| Reform UK | 8595 | |
| Green | 5761 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3154 | |
| Independent | 819 | |
| Rejoin EU | 350 | |
| Communist Party of Britain | 176 | |
More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756987/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 31st May 2026