Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22699
Conservative 11070
Liberal 8181

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21145
Conservative 8111
Liberal 4931
Right 1731

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19391
Conservative 11638
Liberal 2774
Right 1490
Left 472

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17360
Conservative 11328
Left 6734
Right 317
Other 173

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18724
Conservative 11953
Left 6513
Other 568

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22574
Conservative 10336
Liberal 4181

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23827
Conservative 4949
Liberal 3004
Left 996
Other 868

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18915
Conservative 3622
Liberal 3409
Other 1901
Left 1260

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16902
Liberal 5091
Conservative 3773
Other 3367
Left 742
Right 518

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22132
Liberal 9633
Conservative 5551
Other 3259
Left 645

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28572
Conservative 7056
Other 7002
Liberal 2497
Right 2013
Left 286

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42461
Conservative 7562
Liberal 2911
Other 2178

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39216
Conservative 6303
Liberal 5774
Other 4004
Left 71

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, Lewisham Deptford BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737440/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024