File:LoughboroughGraph.svg
The Background colour indicates the party of the sitting MP at any given year.
The election held in 1922 does not appear on this graph. Only one candidate (National Liberal) stood at this election and so no votes were cast, the candidate being elected unopposed. A gap in the plot indicates the missing election.
Graph drawn with R.
Parties:
- Conservative = Conservative and Liberal Unionist (1885–1959); Conservative Party (UK) (1964–present).
- Labour = Labour Party (UK)
- Liberal = Liberal Party (UK) (1885–1979); SDP-Liberal Alliance (1983–1987); Liberal Democrats (UK) (1992–present).
Data used:
| Year | Conservative | Labour | Liberal | UKIP | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885.96 | 43.8 | 56.2 | |||
| 1886.57 | 50.8 | 49.2 | |||
| 1892.57 | 45.9 | 54.1 | |||
| 1895.6 | 48 | 52 | |||
| 1900.81 | 49.7 | 50.3 | |||
| 1906.11 | 42.5 | 57.5 | |||
| 1910.11 | 47.1 | 52.9 | |||
| 1910.97 | 47.7 | 52.3 | |||
| 1918.95 | 34.9 | 65.1 | |||
| 1922.87 | |||||
| 1923.93 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 36 | ||
| 1924.8 | 39.9 | 34.9 | 25.2 | ||
| 1929.41 | 32.9 | 40 | 27.1 | ||
| 1931.82 | 60.7 | 39.3 | |||
| 1935.87 | 42.7 | 40.6 | 16.7 | ||
| 1945.51 | 31.3 | 53.3 | 15.4 | ||
| 1950.148 | 42.5 | 57.5 | |||
| 1951.9 | 43 | 57 | |||
| 1955.5 | 45.1 | 54.9 | |||
| 1959.83 | 39 | 47.2 | 13.8 | ||
| 1964.83 | 38.2 | 47.7 | 14.2 | ||
| 1966.33 | 37 | 50.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 1970.5 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 1974.25 | 37.4 | 38.6 | 24 | ||
| 1974.86 | 37.2 | 41.5 | 18.9 | 2.4 | |
| 1979.42 | 48 | 39.6 | 10.7 | 1.8 | |
| 1983.5 | 52.9 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 1.5 | |
| 1987.5 | 54.7 | 24.5 | 19.7 | 1.1 | |
| 1992.33 | 50.7 | 32.4 | 15.1 | 1.8 | |
| 1997.42 | 37.7 | 48.6 | 11.8 | 1.9 | |
| 2001.5 | 35.3 | 49.7 | 12.8 | 2.1 | |
| 2005.42 | 37.1 | 41.4 | 17.9 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| 2010.35 | 41.6 | 34.5 | 18.3 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| 2015.35 | 49.5 | 31.9 | 4.1 | 11 | 3.5 |
| 2017.44 | 49.9 | 42 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
Code:
The graph was produced with R. The following code will reproduce the graph using the data on this page.
library(tidyverse)
library(htmltab)
election_graph <- function(pageURL) {
election <- htmltab(pageURL,
which = 2,
rm_nodata_cols = F)
election <- as.tibble(lapply(election, function(x) {gsub("unopp", "100", x)}))
tidy_election <- gather(election, "Party", "Votes", 2:length(election))
tidy_election$Year <- as.numeric(tidy_election$Year)
tidy_election$Party <- factor(tidy_election$Party, levels = c("Conservative", "Labour", "Liberal", "Green", "SNP", "UKIP", "Other"))
tidy_election$Votes <- as.numeric(tidy_election$Votes)
election_victor <- tidy_election %>% filter(is.na(Votes) == FALSE) %>% group_by(Year) %>% summarize(Party = Party[which(Votes == max(Votes))])
election_victor$Year <- as.numeric(election_victor$Year)
election_victor$start_year <- election_victor$Year
election_victor$end_year <- c(election_victor$Year[-1], ceiling(election_victor$Year[length(election_victor$Year)] + 1))
election_victor[1,3] <- floor(election_victor[1,3] - 1)
tidy_election$Votes <- as.numeric(sapply(tidy_election$Votes, function(x) {gsub(100, NA, x)}))
party_colours <- c("#0087DC", "#DC241F", "#FAA61A", "#008066", "#FFF95D", "#EFE600", "dark grey")
names(party_colours) <- c("Conservative", "Labour", "Liberal", "Green", "SNP", "UKIP", "Other")
ggplot(tidy_election) +
geom_rect(data = election_victor,
aes(xmin = start_year,xmax = end_year, ymin = -Inf, ymax = Inf, fill = Party),
alpha = 0.35,
show.legend = F) +
geom_line(aes(x = Year, y = Votes, colour = Party), size = 0.703) +
geom_point(aes(x = Year, y = Votes, colour = Party)) +
geom_hline(yintercept = 100, color="black", size = 1.5) +
geom_vline(xintercept = 2019, color="black", size = 1.5) +
scale_colour_manual(values = party_colours) +
scale_fill_manual(values = party_colours) +
theme(text = element_text(color="black", size = 14),
axis.text = element_text(color="black", size = 11),
axis.line.x = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
axis.ticks.x = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
axis.line.y = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
axis.ticks.y = element_line(color="black", size = 0.703),
axis.ticks.length = unit(5, "points"),
panel.grid.major = element_line(color="blue", size = 0.5, linetype = 3),
panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
panel.background = element_blank(),
legend.position = c(.98, .97),
legend.direction = "horizontal",
legend.text = element_text(color="black", size = 11),
legend.title=element_blank(),
legend.justification = c("right", "top"),
legend.box.just = "right",
legend.key = element_blank(),
legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", colour = "black"),
legend.margin = margin(0, 4, 4, 4)) +
scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0, 0), limits = c(election_victor[[1,3]], election_victor$end_year[length(election_victor$end_year)]), breaks = seq(1890, 2010, 10)) +
scale_y_continuous(expand = c(0, 0), limits = c(0, 100), breaks = seq(0, 100, 20)) +
labs(x = "Year", y = "Percentage Vote")
}
election_graph("https://commons.wikimedia.org/key/File:LoughboroughGraph.svg")
ggsave("LoughboroughGraph.svg", device = "svg", units = "cm", width = 20, height = 11, dpi = 120)
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