Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18163
Left 16190
Conservative 15438

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23382
Left 17257
Conservative 11408

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27095
Conservative 12037
Liberal 10915
Other 812

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31102
Conservative 8598
Liberal 7499
Other 1936

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23254
Liberal 9813
Conservative 7167
Right 1252

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20928
Liberal 17654
Conservative 4179
Other 1603

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20496
Liberal 17429
Conservative 6146
Right 2009
Other 172

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21596
Conservative 10157
Right 5232
Liberal 5153
Other 3531

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26772
Conservative 14408
Liberal 4787
Other 1241
Right 1116

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20531
Conservative 15506
Liberal 7935
Other 4887

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, City of Durham CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737592/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024