UNITED KINGDOM GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1865-2015
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1959-2015												click here for summary of Scottish results
	1964	1966	1970	1974	1974	1979	1983	1987			1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
	Oct 15	Mar 31	Jun 18	Feb 28	Oct 10	May 3	Jun 9	Jun 11			Apr 9	May 1	Jun 7	May 5	May 6	May 7
Conservative (note 1)	303	253	330	296	276	339	397	375			336	165	166	198	306	330
Labour	317	363	287	301	319	268	209	229			271	418	412	355	258	232
Liberal  (note 2)	9	12	6	14	13	11	17	17	Liberal Democrat		20	46	52	62	57	8
Social Democratic (note 2)							6	5	(note 2)
Scottish National (SNP) (note 3)			1	7	11	2	2	3			3	6	5	6	6	56
Plaid Cymru (note 4)				2	3	2	2	3			4	4	4	3	3	3
Green															1	1
United Kingdom Independence (UKIP)																1
Ulster Unionist (note 1)				7	6	5	11	9			9	10	6	1		2
Democratic Unionist (Protestant Unionist in 1970) (note 5)			1	1	1	3	3	3			3	2	5	9	8	8
Vanguard Unionist Progressive (note 6)				3	3
United Ulster Unionist (note 6)						1
United Kingdom Unionist												1
Ulster Popular Unionist							1	1			1
Independent Ulster Unionist						1
Social Democratic and Labour (Republican Labour in 1966 & 1970) (note7)		1	1	1	1	1	1	3			4	3	3	3	3	3
Sinn Fein (note 8)							1	1				2	4	5	5	4
Unity			2
Independent Republican					1	1
Alliance (Northern Ireland)															1
Democratic Labour				1
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern													1	1
Respect-Unity Coalition														1
Independent Conservative
Independent Labour			1	1										1
Independent												1			1	1
The Speaker	1	1	1	1	1	1		1				1	1	1	1	1
Total seats	630	630	630	635	635	635	650	650			651	659	659	646	650	650
Majority	Lab 5	Lab 97	Con 31	none (note 9)	Lab 4	Con 44	Con 144	Con 101			Con 21	Lab 178	Lab 166	Lab 65	none (note10)	Con 11
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1918-1964												click here for summary of Scottish results
			1918		1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964
			Dec 14		Nov 15	Dec 5	Oct 29	May 30	Oct 27	Nov 14	Jul 5	Feb 23	Oct 25	May 26	Oct 8	Oct 15
Conservative (note 11)	Coalition		332		344	258	412	260	470	387	197	297	321	344	365	303
	Other		47
Liberal National (note 11)									35	33	11
Liberal (note 12)	Coalition		127	National	53	158	40	59	32	21	12	9	6	6	6	9
	Other		36	Other	62
National Labour (note 13)									13	8
Coalition Labour			4
Labour (note 14)			57		142	191	151	287	52	154	393	315	295	277	258	317
Co-operative			1
Independent Labour Party (ILP) (note 14)										4	3
Communist					1		1			1	2
Common Wealth											1
Constitutionalist (note 15)					1		7
National (note 16)									4	1	2
Irish Nationalist (note 17)			7		3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2
Sinn Fein (note 8)			73											2
Labour Unionist (note 18)			3
National Democratic (note 19)			9
Coalition Independent			1
National Party			2
National Socialist			1
Scottish Prohibition					1	1	1	1
Christian Pacifist						1
Independent Conservative			1		3						2				1
Independent Liberal			1		1	1			4		2	1
Independent Labour			2		1			1			2
Independent Progressive											1
National Independent									2	2	2
Irish Labour													1
Independent			3		3	2	2	4	1	2	8
The Speaker (note 20)												1		1		1
Total seats			707		615	615	615	615	615	615	640	625	625	630	630	630
Majority			Coal 239		Con 73	none	Con 209	none (note21)	Nat 493 (note22)	Nat 243 (note22)	Lab 146	Lab 6	Con 17	Con 59	Con 100	Lab 5
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1865-1918												click here for summary of Scottish results
		1865	1868	1874	1880	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	1906	1910	1910			1918
		Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr	Nov/Dec	Jul	Jul	Jul	Oct	Jan	Jan	Dec			Dec 14
Conservative (note 23)		289	271	350	237	249	316	268	340	334	131	240	235	Coalition		332
														Other		47
Liberal Unionist (note 23)							77	45	71	68	25	32	36
Liberal		369	387	242	352	319	192	272	177	183	399	274	272	Coalition		127
														Other		36
Coalition Labour																4
Labour (note 24)										2	29	40	42			57
Co-operative																1
Irish Nationalist (notes 25 and 26)					27	86	85	72	71	77	82	71	74			7
Irish Home Rulers (note 25)				60	36
Parnellite Nationalist (note 26)								9	11
Independent Irish Nationalist										5	1	11	10
Sinn Fein (note 8)																73
Crofter (note 27)						4
Labour Unionist (note 18)																3
National Democratic (note 19)																9
Coalition Independent																1
National Party																2
National Socialist																1
Independent Conservative											1	1	1			1
Independent Liberal						11		1		1		1				1
Independent Labour								3			1					2
Independent Liberal-Labour						1					1
Independent																3
Total seats		658	658	652	652	670	670	670	670	670	670	670	670			707
Majority		Lib 80	Lib 116	Con 48	Lib 52	none	Con 116 (note28)	none (note29)	Con 152 (note30)	Con 134 (note30)	Lib 128	none (note31)	none (note31)			Coal 239
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1959-2015
	1964	1966	1970	1974	1974	1979	1983	1987			1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
	Oct 15	Mar 31	Jun 18	Feb 28	Oct 10	May 3	Jun 9	Jun 11			Apr 9	May 1	Jun 7	May 5	May 6	May 7
Conservative	24	20	23	21	16	22	21	10			11	0	1	1	1	1
Labour	43	46	44	40	41	44	41	50			49	56	55	40	41	1
Liberal  (note 2)	4	5	3	3	3	3	5	7	Liberal Democrat		9	10	10	11	11	1
Social Democratic (note 2)							3	2	(note 2)
Scottish National (SNP) (note 3)			1	7	11	2	2	3			3	6	5	6	6	56
Independent Conservative
The Speaker													1	1
Total seats	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72			72	72	72	59	59	59
Majority in parliament	Lab 5	Lab 97	Con 31	none	Lab 4	Con 44	Con 144	Con 101			Con 21	Lab 178	Lab 166	Lab 65	none	Con 11
Majority in Scotland	Lab 15	Lab 21	Lab 17	Lab 9	Lab 11	Lab 17	Lab 10	Lab 28			Lab 26	Lab 40	Lab 39	Lab 22	Lab 23	SNP 53
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1918-1964
			1918		1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964
			Dec 14		Nov 15	Dec 5	Oct 29	May 30	Oct 27	Nov 14	Jul 5	Feb 23	Oct 25	May 26	Oct 8	Oct 15
Conservative (note 11)	Coalition		28		13	14	36	20	48	35	24	31	35	36	31	24
	Other		2
Liberal National  (note 11)									8	7	3
Liberal (note 12)	Coalition		25	National	12	22	8	13	7	3		2	1	1	1	4
	Other		8	Other	15
National Labour (note 13)									1	1
Coalition Labour			1
Labour (note 14)			6		29	34	26	36	7	20	37	37	35	34	38	43
Independent Labour Party (ILP) (note 14)										4	3
Communist					1					1	1
Scottish Prohibition					1	1	1	1
Independent Conservative											1				1
Independent Liberal											2	1
Independent Labour			1					1
Total seats			71		71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
Majority in parliament			Coal 239		Con 73	none	Con 209	none	Nat 493	Nat 243	Lab 146	Lab 6	Con 17	Con 59	Con 100	Lab 5
Majority in Scotland			Coal 37		none	none	Con 1	Lab 1	Nat 57	Nat 15	Lab 3	Lab 3	none	Con 1	Lab 5	Lab 15
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1865-1918
		1865	1868	1874	1880	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	1906	1910	1910			1918
		Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr	Nov/Dec	Jul	Jul	Jul	Oct	Jan	Jan	Dec			Dec 14
Conservative (note 23)		11	7	18	6	8	10	8	17	19	5	7	6	Coalition		28
														Other		2
Liberal Unionist (note 23)							17	11	14	17	5	2	3
Liberal		42	51	40	52	51	43	51	39	34	58	58	58	Coalition		25
														Other		8
Coalition Labour																1
Labour (note 24)											2	2	3			6
Crofter (note 27)						4
Independent Liberal						7						1
Independent Labour																1
Total seats		53	58	58	58	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70			71
Majority in parliament		Lib 80	Lib 116	Con 48	Lib 52	none	Con 116	none	Con 152	Con 134	Lib 128	none	none			Coal 239
Majority in Scotland		Lib31	Lib 44	Lib 22	Lib 46	Lib 32	Lib 16	Lib 32	Lib 4	Con 2	Lib 46	Lib 46	Lib 46			Coal 37
Note 1. Until 1972 the Ulster Unionist party functioned as the Northern Ireland arm of the Conservative party, and Ulster Unionist seats won in elections before that date are included in the Conservative total.
Note 2. The Social Democratic party was formed in 1982 mainly by defectors from the Labour party. It fought the elections of 1983 and 1987 in partnership with the Liberal party known as the Alliance. The two parties amalgamated in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democrats becoming simply the Liberal Democrats in 1989.
Note 3. The Scottish National Party was formed in 1933 as a merger of the National Party of Scotland (founded 1928) and the Scottish Party (founded 1930). Though it won a by-election in 1945, it did not win a seat in a general election till 1970.
Note 4. Plaid Cymru is the Welsh Nationalist Party and was founded in 1925
Note 5. The Protestant Unionist party was founded by Ian Paisley in 1964, but in 1971 it was replaced by the Democratic Unionist party which was also led by Ian Paisley.
Note 6. The Vanguard Ulster Progressive party was formed in 1973 by defectors fronm the Ulster Unionist party. It split in 1975, the majority rejoining the Ulster Unionist party and a minority forming the United Ulster Unionist party which ceased to exist in 1983.
Note 7. The Republican Labour party was founded in 1964. However the party's only MP was one of the co-founders of the Social Democratic and Labour party in 1970 and most of the Republican Labour party members joined the the new party.
Note 8. Sinn Fein (We Ourselves) was founded in 1905 but first contested elections in 1917. Most of its memebership left in the 1920's to form other parties to contest elections in the (then) Irish Free State. In 1970 the remnant split into the "Officials" which became the workers Party and the "Provisionals" which retained the name "Sinn Fein".
Note 9. The Conservative government resigned on March 4 and was replaced by a minority Labour government.
Note 10. The Labour government resigned on May 11 and was succeeded by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government which had a majority of 77
Note 11. the Liberal National party was formed in October 1931 by those Liberals who wished to fully support the Conservative-dominated National government. They remained in the government when the other Liberals left in 1932. In 1947 they combined with the Conservatives though a number of MPs used both Conservative and Liberal National labels till 1966.
Note 12. Many of the Liberals who were not officially Coalition candidates in 1918 in fact supported the government though opposition grew as time went on. The Liberals who supported the coalition of 1916-22 fought the 1922 election as National Liberals under Lloyd George. The party reunited under Asquith to fight the 1923 election.
Note 13. the National Labour Party was formed in 1931 by those Labour MPs who decided to support the National government. It wound itself up just before the 1945 general election.
Note 14. The I.L.P. was affiliated to the Labour Party till 1932 and its MPs are included in the Labour Party figures before that date.
Note 15. Constitutionalist was a name adopted by a number of former Liberals. It was not the name of a political party.
Note 16. National was the label adopted by MPs who supported the National government of 1931-40 but did not join any of the political parties.
Note 17. The Irish Nationalists were very loosely organised after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. They disappeared from the political scene after 1973, their support having drifted away to the SDLP - see note 7.
Note 18. The Labour Unionists represented Belfast constituencies and were effectively non-Coalition Conservatives.
Note 19. The National Democratic Party was formed in 1915 and joined by Labour members who supported the continuation of the coalition. It ceased to exist in 1921. Its sitting MPs contested the 1922 election as National Liberals.
Note 20. Before 1950 the Speaker stood as a party candidate and is included in the relevant party's total.
Note 21. The Conservative government resigned on 4 June and a minority Labour government took office the following day.
Note 22.The National majority includes Conservatives, Liberal Nationals, National Labour and Nationals in both 1931 and 1935. It includes Liberals only in 1931.
Note 23. The Liberal Unionist party was formed in 1886 by Liberals who disagreed with their party's policy on Irish Home Rule. They co-operated with the Conservatives and over the years many MPs were jointly sponsored so the distinction between the two can only be approximate. The Liberal Unionists formally amalgamated with the Conservatives in 1912.
Note 24. The Labour Party was founded in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee, becoming the Labour party in 1906.
Note 25. The Home Rule League was founded in 1873, but was loosely organised in parliament. Charles Parnell, who became chairman in 1880 established a far more coherent and disciplined party which became the Irish Parliamentary Party. Those who accepted Parnell's leadership in 1880 are classed as Irish Nationalists, the rest as Home Rulers.
Note 26. The Irish Nationalists split in 1890 due to Parnell's divorce case. The main party was often described as Anti-Parnellites to distinguish then from the minority who supported Parnell (the Parnellites). They re-united in 1900.
Note 27. The Crofters were sponsored by the Land league formed in 1882. They stood as Liberal Unionists in 1886.
Note 28. The Conservative majority includes the Liberal Unionists who always supported the government (see note 23). Without Liberal Unionist support, there would be no majority for any party.
Note 29. The Liberals had an effective majority of 44 as the Irish Nationalists and the Independents supported them on major issues.
Note 30. The Conservative majority includes the Liberal Unionists who joined the Consevatives in government (see note 23).
Note 31. The Liberal government had an effective majority of 124 in January 1910 and 126 in Decemeber 1910 due to the support of Labour and the Irish Nationalists on crucial issues.
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UNITED KINGDOM GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1865-2015
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1959-2015												click here for summary of Scottish results
	1964	1966	1970	1974	1974	1979	1983	1987			1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
	Oct 15	Mar 31	Jun 18	Feb 28	Oct 10	May 3	Jun 9	Jun 11			Apr 9	May 1	Jun 7	May 5	May 6	May 7
Conservative (note 1)	303	253	330	296	276	339	397	375			336	165	166	198	306	330
Labour	317	363	287	301	319	268	209	229			271	418	412	355	258	232
Liberal  (note 2)	9	12	6	14	13	11	17	17	Liberal Democrat		20	46	52	62	57	8
Social Democratic (note 2)							6	5	(note 2)
Scottish National (SNP) (note 3)			1	7	11	2	2	3			3	6	5	6	6	56
Plaid Cymru (note 4)				2	3	2	2	3			4	4	4	3	3	3
Green															1	1
United Kingdom Independence (UKIP)																1
Ulster Unionist (note 1)				7	6	5	11	9			9	10	6	1		2
Democratic Unionist (Protestant Unionist in 1970) (note 5)			1	1	1	3	3	3			3	2	5	9	8	8
Vanguard Unionist Progressive (note 6)				3	3
United Ulster Unionist (note 6)						1
United Kingdom Unionist												1
Ulster Popular Unionist							1	1			1
Independent Ulster Unionist						1
Social Democratic and Labour (Republican Labour in 1966 & 1970) (note7)		1	1	1	1	1	1	3			4	3	3	3	3	3
Sinn Fein (note 8)							1	1				2	4	5	5	4
Unity			2
Independent Republican					1	1
Alliance (Northern Ireland)															1
Democratic Labour				1
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern													1	1
Respect-Unity Coalition														1
Independent Conservative
Independent Labour			1	1										1
Independent												1			1	1
The Speaker	1	1	1	1	1	1		1				1	1	1	1	1
Total seats	630	630	630	635	635	635	650	650			651	659	659	646	650	650
Majority	Lab 5	Lab 97	Con 31	none (note 9)	Lab 4	Con 44	Con 144	Con 101			Con 21	Lab 178	Lab 166	Lab 65	none (note10)	Con 11
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1918-1964												click here for summary of Scottish results
			1918		1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964
			Dec 14		Nov 15	Dec 5	Oct 29	May 30	Oct 27	Nov 14	Jul 5	Feb 23	Oct 25	May 26	Oct 8	Oct 15
Conservative (note 11)	Coalition		332		344	258	412	260	470	387	197	297	321	344	365	303
	Other		47
Liberal National (note 11)									35	33	11
Liberal (note 12)	Coalition		127	National	53	158	40	59	32	21	12	9	6	6	6	9
	Other		36	Other	62
National Labour (note 13)									13	8
Coalition Labour			4
Labour (note 14)			57		142	191	151	287	52	154	393	315	295	277	258	317
Co-operative			1
Independent Labour Party (ILP) (note 14)										4	3
Communist					1		1			1	2
Common Wealth											1
Constitutionalist (note 15)					1		7
National (note 16)									4	1	2
Irish Nationalist (note 17)			7		3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2
Sinn Fein (note 8)			73											2
Labour Unionist (note 18)			3
National Democratic (note 19)			9
Coalition Independent			1
National Party			2
National Socialist			1
Scottish Prohibition					1	1	1	1
Christian Pacifist						1
Independent Conservative			1		3						2				1
Independent Liberal			1		1	1			4		2	1
Independent Labour			2		1			1			2
Independent Progressive											1
National Independent									2	2	2
Irish Labour													1
Independent			3		3	2	2	4	1	2	8
The Speaker (note 20)												1		1		1
Total seats			707		615	615	615	615	615	615	640	625	625	630	630	630
Majority			Coal 239		Con 73	none	Con 209	none (note21)	Nat 493 (note22)	Nat 243 (note22)	Lab 146	Lab 6	Con 17	Con 59	Con 100	Lab 5
UNITED KINGDOM RESULTS IN TOTAL 1865-1918												click here for summary of Scottish results
		1865	1868	1874	1880	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	1906	1910	1910			1918
		Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr	Nov/Dec	Jul	Jul	Jul	Oct	Jan	Jan	Dec			Dec 14
Conservative (note 23)		289	271	350	237	249	316	268	340	334	131	240	235	Coalition		332
														Other		47
Liberal Unionist (note 23)							77	45	71	68	25	32	36
Liberal		369	387	242	352	319	192	272	177	183	399	274	272	Coalition		127
														Other		36
Coalition Labour																4
Labour (note 24)										2	29	40	42			57
Co-operative																1
Irish Nationalist (notes 25 and 26)					27	86	85	72	71	77	82	71	74			7
Irish Home Rulers (note 25)				60	36
Parnellite Nationalist (note 26)								9	11
Independent Irish Nationalist										5	1	11	10
Sinn Fein (note 8)																73
Crofter (note 27)						4
Labour Unionist (note 18)																3
National Democratic (note 19)																9
Coalition Independent																1
National Party																2
National Socialist																1
Independent Conservative											1	1	1			1
Independent Liberal						11		1		1		1				1
Independent Labour								3			1					2
Independent Liberal-Labour						1					1
Independent																3
Total seats		658	658	652	652	670	670	670	670	670	670	670	670			707
Majority		Lib 80	Lib 116	Con 48	Lib 52	none	Con 116 (note28)	none (note29)	Con 152 (note30)	Con 134 (note30)	Lib 128	none (note31)	none (note31)			Coal 239
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1959-2015
	1964	1966	1970	1974	1974	1979	1983	1987			1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015
	Oct 15	Mar 31	Jun 18	Feb 28	Oct 10	May 3	Jun 9	Jun 11			Apr 9	May 1	Jun 7	May 5	May 6	May 7
Conservative	24	20	23	21	16	22	21	10			11	0	1	1	1	1
Labour	43	46	44	40	41	44	41	50			49	56	55	40	41	1
Liberal  (note 2)	4	5	3	3	3	3	5	7	Liberal Democrat		9	10	10	11	11	1
Social Democratic (note 2)							3	2	(note 2)
Scottish National (SNP) (note 3)			1	7	11	2	2	3			3	6	5	6	6	56
Independent Conservative
The Speaker													1	1
Total seats	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72			72	72	72	59	59	59
Majority in parliament	Lab 5	Lab 97	Con 31	none	Lab 4	Con 44	Con 144	Con 101			Con 21	Lab 178	Lab 166	Lab 65	none	Con 11
Majority in Scotland	Lab 15	Lab 21	Lab 17	Lab 9	Lab 11	Lab 17	Lab 10	Lab 28			Lab 26	Lab 40	Lab 39	Lab 22	Lab 23	SNP 53
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1918-1964
			1918		1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964
			Dec 14		Nov 15	Dec 5	Oct 29	May 30	Oct 27	Nov 14	Jul 5	Feb 23	Oct 25	May 26	Oct 8	Oct 15
Conservative (note 11)	Coalition		28		13	14	36	20	48	35	24	31	35	36	31	24
	Other		2
Liberal National  (note 11)									8	7	3
Liberal (note 12)	Coalition		25	National	12	22	8	13	7	3		2	1	1	1	4
	Other		8	Other	15
National Labour (note 13)									1	1
Coalition Labour			1
Labour (note 14)			6		29	34	26	36	7	20	37	37	35	34	38	43
Independent Labour Party (ILP) (note 14)										4	3
Communist					1					1	1
Scottish Prohibition					1	1	1	1
Independent Conservative											1				1
Independent Liberal											2	1
Independent Labour			1					1
Total seats			71		71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
Majority in parliament			Coal 239		Con 73	none	Con 209	none	Nat 493	Nat 243	Lab 146	Lab 6	Con 17	Con 59	Con 100	Lab 5
Majority in Scotland			Coal 37		none	none	Con 1	Lab 1	Nat 57	Nat 15	Lab 3	Lab 3	none	Con 1	Lab 5	Lab 15
RESULTS IN SCOTLAND 1865-1918
		1865	1868	1874	1880	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	1906	1910	1910			1918
		Jul	Nov	Feb	Apr	Nov/Dec	Jul	Jul	Jul	Oct	Jan	Jan	Dec			Dec 14
Conservative (note 23)		11	7	18	6	8	10	8	17	19	5	7	6	Coalition		28
														Other		2
Liberal Unionist (note 23)							17	11	14	17	5	2	3
Liberal		42	51	40	52	51	43	51	39	34	58	58	58	Coalition		25
														Other		8
Coalition Labour																1
Labour (note 24)											2	2	3			6
Crofter (note 27)						4
Independent Liberal						7						1
Independent Labour																1
Total seats		53	58	58	58	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70			71
Majority in parliament		Lib 80	Lib 116	Con 48	Lib 52	none	Con 116	none	Con 152	Con 134	Lib 128	none	none			Coal 239
Majority in Scotland		Lib31	Lib 44	Lib 22	Lib 46	Lib 32	Lib 16	Lib 32	Lib 4	Con 2	Lib 46	Lib 46	Lib 46			Coal 37
Note 1. Until 1972 the Ulster Unionist party functioned as the Northern Ireland arm of the Conservative party, and Ulster Unionist seats won in elections before that date are included in the Conservative total.
Note 2. The Social Democratic party was formed in 1982 mainly by defectors from the Labour party. It fought the elections of 1983 and 1987 in partnership with the Liberal party known as the Alliance. The two parties amalgamated in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democrats becoming simply the Liberal Democrats in 1989.
Note 3. The Scottish National Party was formed in 1933 as a merger of the National Party of Scotland (founded 1928) and the Scottish Party (founded 1930). Though it won a by-election in 1945, it did not win a seat in a general election till 1970.
Note 4. Plaid Cymru is the Welsh Nationalist Party and was founded in 1925
Note 5. The Protestant Unionist party was founded by Ian Paisley in 1964, but in 1971 it was replaced by the Democratic Unionist party which was also led by Ian Paisley.
Note 6. The Vanguard Ulster Progressive party was formed in 1973 by defectors fronm the Ulster Unionist party. It split in 1975, the majority rejoining the Ulster Unionist party and a minority forming the United Ulster Unionist party which ceased to exist in 1983.
Note 7. The Republican Labour party was founded in 1964. However the party's only MP was one of the co-founders of the Social Democratic and Labour party in 1970 and most of the Republican Labour party members joined the the new party.
Note 8. Sinn Fein (We Ourselves) was founded in 1905 but first contested elections in 1917. Most of its memebership left in the 1920's to form other parties to contest elections in the (then) Irish Free State. In 1970 the remnant split into the "Officials" which became the workers Party and the "Provisionals" which retained the name "Sinn Fein".
Note 9. The Conservative government resigned on March 4 and was replaced by a minority Labour government.
Note 10. The Labour government resigned on May 11 and was succeeded by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government which had a majority of 77
Note 11. the Liberal National party was formed in October 1931 by those Liberals who wished to fully support the Conservative-dominated National government. They remained in the government when the other Liberals left in 1932. In 1947 they combined with the Conservatives though a number of MPs used both Conservative and Liberal National labels till 1966.
Note 12. Many of the Liberals who were not officially Coalition candidates in 1918 in fact supported the government though opposition grew as time went on. The Liberals who supported the coalition of 1916-22 fought the 1922 election as National Liberals under Lloyd George. The party reunited under Asquith to fight the 1923 election.
Note 13. the National Labour Party was formed in 1931 by those Labour MPs who decided to support the National government. It wound itself up just before the 1945 general election.
Note 14. The I.L.P. was affiliated to the Labour Party till 1932 and its MPs are included in the Labour Party figures before that date.
Note 15. Constitutionalist was a name adopted by a number of former Liberals. It was not the name of a political party.
Note 16. National was the label adopted by MPs who supported the National government of 1931-40 but did not join any of the political parties.
Note 17. The Irish Nationalists were very loosely organised after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. They disappeared from the political scene after 1973, their support having drifted away to the SDLP - see note 7.
Note 18. The Labour Unionists represented Belfast constituencies and were effectively non-Coalition Conservatives.
Note 19. The National Democratic Party was formed in 1915 and joined by Labour members who supported the continuation of the coalition. It ceased to exist in 1921. Its sitting MPs contested the 1922 election as National Liberals.
Note 20. Before 1950 the Speaker stood as a party candidate and is included in the relevant party's total.
Note 21. The Conservative government resigned on 4 June and a minority Labour government took office the following day.
Note 22.The National majority includes Conservatives, Liberal Nationals, National Labour and Nationals in both 1931 and 1935. It includes Liberals only in 1931.
Note 23. The Liberal Unionist party was formed in 1886 by Liberals who disagreed with their party's policy on Irish Home Rule. They co-operated with the Conservatives and over the years many MPs were jointly sponsored so the distinction between the two can only be approximate. The Liberal Unionists formally amalgamated with the Conservatives in 1912.
Note 24. The Labour Party was founded in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee, becoming the Labour party in 1906.
Note 25. The Home Rule League was founded in 1873, but was loosely organised in parliament. Charles Parnell, who became chairman in 1880 established a far more coherent and disciplined party which became the Irish Parliamentary Party. Those who accepted Parnell's leadership in 1880 are classed as Irish Nationalists, the rest as Home Rulers.
Note 26. The Irish Nationalists split in 1890 due to Parnell's divorce case. The main party was often described as Anti-Parnellites to distinguish then from the minority who supported Parnell (the Parnellites). They re-united in 1900.
Note 27. The Crofters were sponsored by the Land league formed in 1882. They stood as Liberal Unionists in 1886.
Note 28. The Conservative majority includes the Liberal Unionists who always supported the government (see note 23). Without Liberal Unionist support, there would be no majority for any party.
Note 29. The Liberals had an effective majority of 44 as the Irish Nationalists and the Independents supported them on major issues.
Note 30. The Conservative majority includes the Liberal Unionists who joined the Consevatives in government (see note 23).
Note 31. The Liberal government had an effective majority of 124 in January 1910 and 126 in Decemeber 1910 due to the support of Labour and the Irish Nationalists on crucial issues.
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