Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47934
Right 10254

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47402
Conservative 9911

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42603
Conservative 8561

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 45153
Conservative 9788

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42528
Conservative 8668

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 41887
Conservative 7165

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 40013
Conservative 9534

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 44093
Conservative 9152

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 37467
Conservative 5895
Liberal 5607

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 36509
Conservative 10466
Liberal 5474

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22081
Liberal 7891
Conservative 7291

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27859
Conservative 7159
Liberal 6568

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul, 1991
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15895
Liberal 4808
Conservative 2512
Left 648
Other 108

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29942
Conservative 7867
Liberal 4459

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1996
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15817
Conservative 1942
Liberal 1516
Left 1193
Other 1101
Right 455

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32088
Conservative 8096
Liberal 4033
Other 1260

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23036
Conservative 7400
Liberal 3990
Left 801

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21630
Conservative 8149
Liberal 5766
Other 1247

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20506
Conservative 10662
Liberal 5667
Other 3946
Right 3059

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21772
Conservative 9694
Right 8565
Liberal 1357
Other 1018

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25740
Conservative 15566
Right 2591
Other 1135
Liberal 912

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16460
Conservative 15280
Other 10433
Liberal 1734

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742265/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024