Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4548
Conservative 1455

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 4504
Liberal 1768

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7106

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8068

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9112

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Feb, 1907
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3779
Conservative 3412
Left 1740

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6749
Conservative 4433

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9859

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Apr, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3283
Other 1840

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10625
Liberal 3535
Other 2868

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13208
Liberal 9573

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11258
Labour 6911
Liberal 5641

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16092
Labour 10699

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21548
Labour 13868

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33988
Labour 6627

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st May, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20925
Labour 10760

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25270
Labour 11817

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19214
Labour 17398
Liberal 4501

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Nov, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21750
Labour 17911

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26128
Labour 17302
Liberal 5248

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28947
Labour 20325

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26817
Labour 19627

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25471
Labour 17349
Liberal 4558

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25824
Labour 21926
Nationalist 2197

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23291
Conservative 21492
Liberal 5797

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23843
Labour 22754
Liberal 3135
Nationalist 2777

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21938
Labour 18380
Nationalist 7599
Liberal 7447

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18475
Labour 18110
Nationalist 10481
Liberal 5018

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20820
Labour 20048
Liberal 5901
Nationalist 4361

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15393
Labour 11812
Left 10372
Nationalist 1974

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15917
Conservative 14719
Left 8844
Nationalist 2776

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15808
Labour 14291
Nationalist 6223
Liberal 4767

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15541
Liberal 12176
Conservative 11621
Nationalist 4299
Other 425

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14696
Liberal 10308
Conservative 7098
Nationalist 4293
Left 495

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15272
Liberal 13924
Conservative 7134
Nationalist 4120
Other 768
Left 403

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15722
Liberal 12216
Conservative 8914
Nationalist 5102
Other 551
Right 529

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20221
Labour 12991
Conservative 11087
Liberal 2252
Other 1103
Right 897

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18746
Nationalist 13994
Labour 9143
Liberal 2610

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20388
Conservative 16398
Liberal 5018
Labour 3834

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, Aberdeen South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744584/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024