Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28326
Liberal 19972
Labour 2507
Other 431

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28818
Liberal 22211
Labour 4847

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30565
Liberal 23505
Labour 5536
Right 227
Other 155

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 27312
Conservative 20564
Labour 7358
Right 1428
Nationalist 573
Other 197

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23756
Conservative 18381
Labour 6429
Right 1978
Nationalist 1209

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24986
Conservative 18479
Labour 6069
Right 2693
Nationalist 769
Other 459

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22390
Liberal 19170
Labour 3507
Right 3083
Other 826
Nationalist 641

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25516
Liberal 8521
Right 7698
Labour 4692
Other 3068
Nationalist 1003

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29493
Labour 12050
Liberal 10346
Other 1335

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31807
Labour 10836
Liberal 9519
Other 1493

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747056/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 06th May 2024