Birkenhead Constituency (BCon) : Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26472 Elected
Conservative 20343
Liberal 5234
Communist Party of Great Britain 971

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29014 Elected
Conservative 23765

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24526 Elected
Conservative 21352

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22990 Elected
Conservative 19361
Liberal 4658

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23994 Elected
Conservative 18133

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24188 Elected
Conservative 15438
Communist Party of Great Britain 604

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20980 Elected
Conservative 15151
Liberal 4926
Communist Party of Great Britain 351

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20696 Elected
Conservative 13702
Liberal 11410

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21748 Elected
Conservative 12264
Liberal 8380

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20803 Elected
Conservative 14894
Liberal 5708
WRP 306

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23249 Elected
Conservative 13535
Liberal 9782
Ecology Party 337

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27883 Elected
Conservative 12511
Liberal 7095

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29098 Elected
Conservative 11485
Liberal Democrat 4417
Green 543
Natural Law 190

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27825 Elected
Conservative 5982
Liberal Democrat 3548
Socialist Labour Party (1996) 1168
Referendum Party 800

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20418 Elected
Conservative 4827
Liberal Democrat 3722

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18059 Elected
Liberal Democrat 5125
Conservative 4602

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22082 Elected
Conservative 6687
Liberal Democrat 6554

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26468 Elected
Conservative 5816
UK Independence Party 3838
Green 1626
Liberal Democrat 1396

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33558 Elected
Conservative 8044
Liberal Democrat 1118
Green 943

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24990 Elected
Birkenhead Social Justice Party 7285
Conservative 5540
Liberal Democrat 1620
Brexit Party 1489
Green 1405

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 4th Jul, 2024
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22468 Elected
Green 8670
Reform UK 6142
Conservative 3238
Liberal Democrat 2292
Freedom Alliance 324

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

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026