Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21809
Liberal 14295
Labour 11701
Other 1444
Right 301

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18994
Liberal 17091
Labour 6898
Right 945

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22792
Liberal 17676
Labour 6104
Right 1457

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Jul, 2008
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17113
Other 6170
Right 544
Left 84

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24486
Liberal 12884
Labour 7630
Other 2154
Right 1583

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26414
Labour 10219
Right 6781
Liberal 3055
Other 2288

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31355
Labour 15950
Liberal 2482
Other 1653

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31045
Labour 10716
Liberal 5215
Other 2803

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, Haltemprice and Howden CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756112/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024