Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24161
Labour 14562
Liberal 3078

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25873
Labour 15490

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31923
Labour 16594

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35210
Labour 18508

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29859
Labour 18862
Liberal 8728

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30168
Labour 24044

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29227
Labour 20795
Liberal 6048

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21995
Labour 15324
Liberal 11853

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 19243
Labour 15216
Liberal 8663

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23837
Labour 17623
Liberal 7899
Other 847

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22579
Left 14042
Labour 10757
Other 673
Right 437

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22480
Liberal 17279
Labour 11210
Other 663

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21750
Liberal 14506
Labour 13782
Other 519

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19694
Conservative 15850
Liberal 11689
Other 1557
Left 586

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17794
Conservative 12558
Liberal 11431
Right 668

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16612
Labour 14735
Conservative 11510
Other 1673
Left 181

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20653
Conservative 11550
Labour 9132
Right 1366
Other 661
Left 121

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15948
Labour 13041
Conservative 8083
Other 3209
Right 2997
Left 79

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20416
Liberal 16192
Conservative 9097
Other 582

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23971
Conservative 13222
Liberal 9397
Other 2693

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, Leeds North West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746222/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024