Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26676
Labour 10816
Liberal 8742

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27015
Liberal 9858
Labour 9369

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25808
Liberal 11067
Labour 7907

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25959
Liberal 12906
Labour 6928

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26475
Liberal 12354
Labour 9273

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26966
Labour 13257
Liberal 9342

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Mar, 1967
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26501
Liberal 10509
Labour 9501

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32885
Liberal 11330
Labour 11072

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32429
Liberal 18306
Labour 8791

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 29720
Liberal 16500
Labour 9048

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37832
Liberal 12601
Labour 8756
Other 1423

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32602
Left 17833
Labour 3377

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34931
Left 18369
Labour 4988
Other 747

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33533
Liberal 18027
Labour 8142
Right 2175
Other 2092

More information about the 1992 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, Honiton CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756677/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024