Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27957
Labour 11914
Liberal 9359

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26800
Labour 14190
Liberal 5295

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28171
Labour 13750

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24773
Labour 12548

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25767
Labour 13337

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23769
Labour 16986

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21564
Labour 18166

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21273
Labour 13267
Liberal 5730

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20107
Liberal 12016
Labour 11739
Other 229

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18188
Labour 12967
Liberal 9327

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21762
Labour 12914
Liberal 7057
Right 524

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19852
Labour 9714
Left 9417
Right 263

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20312
Labour 13568
Left 8405

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19880
Labour 18213
Liberal 5673
Other 173

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29282
Conservative 17666
Liberal 4392

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21060
Conservative 12798
Liberal 4115
Right 819

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19375
Conservative 11453
Liberal 5552
Right 1962

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14449
Conservative 12597
Liberal 5082
Right 2834
Other 230

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13548
Conservative 10963
Right 5613
Other 1569
Liberal 743

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17581
Conservative 15058
Right 1339
Liberal 634
Other 341

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16247
Labour 12557
Other 2940
Liberal 1008

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, Blackpool 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/12755200/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 10th May 2024