UK general government expenditure (green) and private expenditure (black) as a proportion of GDP
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-02/back-future Shares of the vote in general elections since 1832 received by Conservatives (blue), Liberals/Liberal Democrats (orange), Labour (red) and others (grey).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_electionshttp://www.stevebaker.info/2012/05/the-transformation-of-our-society-the-labour-vote-and-state-spending/