Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20668
Left 7594
Conservative 5240
Nationalist 3421

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1984
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19389
Left 7196
Nationalist 3619
Conservative 2441
Other 337

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26222
Left 4651
Conservative 4638
Nationalist 2549

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26254
Conservative 4890
Nationalist 4186
Liberal 2667

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23307
Nationalist 3552
Liberal 3459
Conservative 2260
Other 844

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17685
Nationalist 4687
Liberal 2541
Conservative 2045

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17074
Nationalist 3815
Liberal 2991
Conservative 2062
Right 705

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15681
Nationalist 6064
Liberal 4120
Conservative 3010
Right 1001

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14532
Nationalist 5126
Right 4976
Conservative 3676
Liberal 830
Other 799
Left 533

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19404
Conservative 6166
Nationalist 4376
Right 1271
Liberal 585

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15533
Conservative 6711
Other 4367
Nationalist 2562
Liberal 949
Left 114

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745497/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 03rd May 2024