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The combined vote share and seats of every party other than the Conservatives and Labour, election by election.

0%18%35%53%70%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Conservative, 1918: 38.6%Conservative, 1922: 38.6%Conservative, 1923: 38.0%Conservative, 1924: 46.7%Conservative, 1929: 38.1%Conservative, 1931: 55.1%Conservative, 1935: 47.7%Conservative, 1945: 36.2%Conservative, 1950: 40.0%Conservative, 1951: 44.0%Conservative, 1955: 49.7%Conservative, 1959: 49.4%Conservative, 1964: 43.4%Conservative, 1966: 41.9%Conservative, 1970: 46.4%Conservative, February 1974: 37.8%Conservative, October 1974: 35.9%Conservative, 1979: 43.9%Conservative, 1983: 42.4%Conservative, 1987: 42.3%Conservative, 1992: 41.9%Conservative, 1997: 30.7%Conservative, 2001: 31.7%Conservative, 2005: 32.4%Conservative, 2010: 36.1%Conservative, 2015: 36.8%Conservative, 2017: 42.3%Conservative, 2019: 43.6%Conservative, 2024: 23.7%Labour, 1918: 21.3%Labour, 1922: 29.7%Labour, 1923: 30.8%Labour, 1924: 33.4%Labour, 1929: 37.2%Labour, 1931: 29.5%Labour, 1935: 38.0%Labour, 1945: 47.8%Labour, 1950: 46.1%Labour, 1951: 48.9%Labour, 1955: 46.4%Labour, 1959: 43.8%Labour, 1964: 44.1%Labour, 1966: 47.9%Labour, 1970: 43.0%Labour, February 1974: 37.2%Labour, October 1974: 39.3%Labour, 1979: 37.0%Labour, 1983: 27.6%Labour, 1987: 30.8%Labour, 1992: 34.4%Labour, 1997: 43.2%Labour, 2001: 40.7%Labour, 2005: 35.2%Labour, 2010: 29.0%Labour, 2015: 30.5%Labour, 2017: 40.0%Labour, 2019: 32.1%Labour, 2024: 33.7%Others, 1918: 40.1%Others, 1922: 31.7%Others, 1923: 31.2%Others, 1924: 19.9%Others, 1929: 24.8%Others, 1931: 15.4%Others, 1935: 14.2%Others, 1945: 16.0%Others, 1950: 13.8%Others, 1951: 7.2%Others, 1955: 4.0%Others, 1959: 6.8%Others, 1964: 12.5%Others, 1966: 10.2%Others, 1970: 10.7%Others, February 1974: 25.1%Others, October 1974: 24.9%Others, 1979: 19.2%Others, 1983: 30.0%Others, 1987: 26.9%Others, 1992: 23.7%Others, 1997: 26.1%Others, 2001: 27.6%Others, 2005: 32.5%Others, 2010: 35.0%Others, 2015: 32.7%Others, 2017: 17.7%Others, 2019: 24.3%Others, 2024: 42.6%
Share of the vote: Conservative, Labour and everyone else ("Oth") Con Lab Oth
ElectionCon + Lab shareOthers shareOthers seats
202457.4%42.6%118
201975.7%24.3%83
201782.3%17.7%71
201567.3%32.7%88
201065.0%35.0%86
200567.5%32.5%93
200172.4%27.6%81
199773.9%26.1%76
199276.3%23.7%44
198773.2%26.9%45
198370.0%30.0%44
197980.8%19.2%27
October 197475.1%24.9%39
February 197474.9%25.1%38
197089.4%10.7%13
196689.8%10.2%14
196487.5%12.5%9
195993.2%6.8%7
195596.0%4.0%9
195192.8%7.2%30
195086.2%13.8%28
194584.0%16.0%39
193585.8%14.2%63
193184.6%15.4%87
192975.2%24.8%62
192480.1%19.9%45
192368.8%31.2%157
192268.3%31.7%115
191859.9%40.1%255

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