ABSTRACT
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deoosits Total votes GB total UK total
1832 350 66 175 241,284 28.9 29.4 1835 407 121 273 261,269 42.8 42.6 1837 484 121 314 379,694 48.2 48.3 1841 498 212 367 306,314 52.7 50.9 1847 422 213 325 205,481 43.1 42.2
1852 461 160 330 316,718 40.8 41.4 1857 351 148 264 239,712 31.0 33.1 1859 394 196 298 193,232 33.4 34.3 1865 406 142 289 346,035 40.0 39.8 1868 436 91 271 903,318 38.6 38.4
1874 507 125 350 1,091,708 44.6 43.9 1880 521 58 237 1,426,351 42.7 42.0 1885 602 10 249 2,020,927 45.6 43.5 1886 563 118 393 1,520,886 51.2 51.4 1892 606 40 313 2,159,150 49.5 47.0
1895 588 132 411 1,894,772 50.5 49.1 1900 569 163 402 1,767,958 51.0 50.3 1906 556 13 156 2,422,071 43.0 43.4 1910( J) 594 19 272 3,104,407 47.1 46.8 1910(D) 548 72 271 2,420,169 47.0 46.6
1918 445 41 382 3 4,144,192 39.5 38.7 1922 482 42 344 1 5,502,298 38.0 38.5 1923 536 35 258 0 5,514,541 37.7 38.0 1924 534 16 412 1 7,854,523 45.9 46.8 1929 590 4 260 18 8,656,225 37.5 38.1
1931 583 61 522 5 13,156,790 60.9 60.7 1935 583 26 429 1 11,755,654 53.2 53.3 1945 618 1 210 6 9,972,010 39.3 39.6 1950 619 2 298 5 12,492,404 43.0 43.4 1951 617 4 321 3 13,718,199 47.8 48.0
1955 624 0 345 3 13,310,891 49.3 49.7 1959 625 0 365 2 13,750,875 48.8 49.4 1964 630 0 304 5 12,002,642 42.9 43.4 1966 629 0 253 9 11,418,455 41.4 41.9 1970 628 0 330 10 13,145,123 46.2 46.4
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total
1974(F) 623 0 297 8 11,872,180 38.8 37.9 1974(0) 622 0 277 28 10,462,565 36.7 35.8 1979 622 0 339 3 13,697,923 44.9 43.9 1983 633 0 397 5 13,012,316 43.5 42.4 1987 633 0 376 0 13,760,583 43.3 42.3
1992 645 0 336 4 14,093,007 42.8 41.9 1997 648 0 165 8 9,600,943 31.5 30.7
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total
1900 15* 0 2 _ 62,698 1.9 1.3 1906 50 0 29 - 321,663 5.8 4.8 1910(J) 78 0 40 - 505,657 7.8 7.0 1910(D) 56 3 42 - 371,802 7.4 6.4 1918 361 11 57 6 2,245,777 23.0 20.8
1922 414 4 142 7 4,237,349 29.9 29.7 1923 427 3 191 17 4,439,780 31.0 30.7 1924 514 9 151 28 5,489,087 34.0 33.3 1929 569 0 287 35 8,370,417 37.8 37.1 19312 516 6 52 21 6,649,630 31.1 30.9
1935 552 13 154 16 8,325,491 38.6 38.0 1945 603 2 393 2 11,967,746 48.8 48.0 1950 617 0 315 0 13,266,176 46.8 46.1 1951 617 0 295 1 13,948,883 49.4 48.8 1955 620 0 277 1 12,405,254 47.4 46.4
1959 621 0 258 1 12,216,172 44.6 43.8 1964 628 0 317 8 12,205,808 44.8 44.1 1966 622 0 364 3 13,096,629 48.8 48.0 1970 625 0 288 6 12,208,758 43.9 43.1 1974(F) 623 0 301 25 11,645,616 38.0 37.2 1974(0) 623 0 319 13 11,457,079 40.2 39.2
% o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deoosits Total votes GB total UK total 1979 623 0 269 22 11,532,218 37.8 36.9 1983 633 0 209 119 8,456,934 28.3 27.6 1987 633 0 229 0 10,029,807 31.5 30.8
1992 634 0 271 1 11,560,484 35.2 34.4 1997 639 0 418 0 13,518,167 44.3 43.2
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deoosits Total votes GB total UK total
1832 636 109 441 _ 554,719 71.1 66.7 1835 538 154 385 - 349,868 57.2 57.4 1837 510 115 344 - 418,331 51.8 51.7 1841 388 113 271 - 273,902 47.2 46.9 1847 393 136 292 - 259,311 56.2 53.9
1852 488 95 324 . 430,882 58.9 58.4 1857 507 176 377 - 464,127 68.9 65.1 1859 465 183 356 - 372,117 66.6 65.7 1865 516 161 369 - 508,821 60.0 60.2 1868 600 121 387 - 1,428,776 61.4 61.5
1874 489 52 242 _ 1,281,159 55.4 52.7 1880 499 41 352 - 1,836,423 57.3 55.4 1885 572 14 319 - 2,199,998 51.8 47.4 1886 449 40 192 - 1,353,581 48.6 45.0 1892 532 13 272 - 2,088,019 49.6 45.1
1895 447 11 177 _ 1,765,266 48.0 45.7 1900 402 22 183 - 1,572,323 46.5 45.0 1906 536 27 399 - 2,751,057 49.6 49.4 1910(J) 511 1 274 - 2,866,157 44.1 43.5 1910(D) 467 35 272 - 2,293,869 45.2 44.2
1918 421 27 163 44 2,785,374 28.5 25.6
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % o f % o f Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total 1922 485 10 115 32 4,139,460 29.2 28.8 1923 457 11 158 8 4,301,481 30.1 29.7 1924 339 6 40 30 2,928,737 18.2 17.8 1929 513 0 59 25 5,308,738 23.5 23.5
1931 117 5 36 6 1,476,123 6.9 7.0 1935 161 0 21 40 1,443,093 6.7 6.7 1945 306 0 12 76 2,252,430 9.2 9.0 1950 475 0 9 319 2,621,487 9.3 9.1 1951 109 0 6 66 730,546 2.6 2.6
1955 110 0 6 60 722,402 2.8 2.7 1959 216 0 6 55 1,640,760 6.0 5.9 1964 365 0 9 52 3,099,283 11.4 11.2 1966 311 0 12 104 2,327,457 8.6 8.5 1970 332 0 6 184 2,117,035 7.6 7.5
1974(F) 517 0 14 23 6,059,519 19.8 19.3 1974(0) 619 0 13 125 5,346,704 18.8 18.3 1979 577 0 11 303 4,313,804 14.1 13.8 1983 633 0 23 11 7,780,949 26.0 25.4 1987 633 0 27 1 7,341,633 23.1 22.6
1992 632 0 20 11 5,999,606 18.3 17.8 1997 639 0 46 13 5,242,947 17.2 16.8
Election Candidates MPs Elected Forfeited Deposits Total votes
% o f Scottish total
1929 2 0 2 3,313 0.2 1931 5 0 2 20,954 1.0 1935 8 0 5 29,517 1.3 1945 8 0 6 30,595 1.2 1950 3 0 3 9,708 0.4
1951 2 0 1 7,299 0.3 1955 2 0 1 12,112 0.5 1959 5 0 3 21,738 0.8 1964 15 0 12 64,044 2.4
Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes
% o f Scottish total
1966 23 0 10 128,474 5.0
1970 65 1 43 306,802 11.4 1974(F) 70 7 7 633,180 21.9 1974(0) 71 11 0 839,617 30.4 1979 71 2 29 504,259 17.3 1983 72 2 53 331,975 11.8
1987 71 3 1 416,473 14.0 1992 72 3 0 629,564 21.5 1997 72 6 0 621,550 22.1
Election Candidates MPs Elected Forfeited Deposits Total votes
% o f Welsh total
1929 1 0 1 609 0.0 1931 2 0 1 2,050 0.2 1935 1 0 1 2,534 0.3 1945 7 0 6 16,017 1.2 1950 7 0 6 17,580 1.2
1951 4 0 4 10,920 0.7 1955 11 0 7 45,119 3.1 1959 20 0 14 77,571 5.2 1964 23 0 21 69,507 4.8 1966 20 0 18 61,071 4.3
1970 36 0 25 175,016 11.5 1974(F) 36 2 26 171,374 10.8 1974(0) 36 3 26 166,321 10.8 1979 36 2 29 132,544 8.1 1983 38 2 32 125,309 7.8
1987 38 3 25 123,599 7.3 1992 35 4 20 154,947 8.9 1997 40 4 15 161,030 9.9
Forfeited % o f UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1983 311 6 6 3,570,834 11.6 1987 306 5 0 3,168,183 9.7
Forfeited % o f UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1983 322 17 5 4,210,115 13.7 1987 327 22 1 4,173,450 12.8
Election Candidates MPs Elected Forfeited Deposits Total votes
% o f UK total
1979 53 0 53 39,918 0.1 1983 108 0 108 53,848 0.2 1987 133 0 133 89,753 0.3 1992 256 0 256 171,927 0.5 1997 95 0 95 63,991 0.2
1. The Ecology Party formed in February 1974 changed its name to the Green Party in September 1985. The party fought just 3 seats in February 1974 and 4 in October 1974.
