Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28407
Liberal 13561
Labour 11169

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29474
Liberal 13639
Labour 13574
Other 976

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31625
Labour 18928
Liberal 10543
Other 890

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21027
Labour 19842
Liberal 6540
Other 2041

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Jul, 1999
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15465
Labour 13859
Liberal 4757
Other 336
Right 80

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20556
Labour 15988
Liberal 6975
Right 868

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21181
Labour 14986
Liberal 8182
Right 1325

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23472
Liberal 10217
Labour 9794
Right 1931

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24167
Labour 11193
Right 5778
Liberal 4289
Other 1925

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29192
Labour 17250
Liberal 2804
Right 1109
Other 964

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30095
Labour 11652
Liberal 9582
Other 1191
Right 451

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...


ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Eddisbury CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737130/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024