Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25460
Nationalist 10048
Conservative 3660
Liberal 1719
Other 294

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18478
Nationalist 6138
Liberal 2376
Conservative 1960
Other 1439
Left 1345

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19568
Nationalist 5821
Liberal 3792
Conservative 3271
Left 706

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20849
Nationalist 8441
Conservative 3133
Liberal 2898
Other 528

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 23887
Labour 15108
Conservative 3389
Right 1088
Liberal 678
Other 136

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 14291
Labour 14096
Conservative 8813
Liberal 802

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 17929
Labour 12728
Conservative 7011
Liberal 1419
Other 685

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th May, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 10129
Labour 8372
Conservative 2812
Liberal 220
Left 151
Other 104
Right 39

This was a by-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, Airdrie and Shotts BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755170/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024