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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 20724 | |
| Labour | 19352 | |
| Liberal | 4561 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24826 | |
| Labour | 20845 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22962 | |
| Labour | 17420 | |
| Liberal | 3684 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Feb, 1956 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19820 | |
| Labour | 19163 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22680 | |
| Labour | 16182 | |
| Liberal | 7031 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21367 | |
| Labour | 16619 | |
| Liberal | 7944 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 22369 | |
| Labour | 19216 | |
| Liberal | 5460 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26158 | |
| Labour | 17823 | |
| Liberal | 4871 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23841 | |
| Labour | 15401 | |
| Liberal | 13607 | |
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 | 22542 | |
| Labour | 15721 | |
| Liberal | 11984 | |
| Other | 283 | |
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 | 28483 | |
| Labour | 15759 | |
| Liberal | 7928 | |
| Other | 1403 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28112 | |
| Left | 15545 | |
| Labour | 9498 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30248 | |
| Left | 19868 | |
| Labour | 8754 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 29576 | |
| Liberal | 26240 | |
| Labour | 8151 | |
| 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 |
| Liberal | 26064 | |
| Conservative | 23621 | |
| Labour | 8248 | |
| Other | 2760 | |
| Right | 318 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23033 | |
| Liberal | 22798 | |
| Labour | 8254 | |
| Right | 1140 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 25764 | |
| Conservative | 25191 | |
| Labour | 7132 | |
| Right | 1441 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Area in Acres as given in the Census reports.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Taunton Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12757827/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 01st June 2026