Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24339
Conservative 18033
Liberal 10543
Other 472

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24350
Conservative 15398
Liberal 8069

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22916
Conservative 21323
Liberal 4265
Right 1168
Left 190

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17168
Labour 15259
Left 9557
Right 288
Other 270

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19873
Labour 15059
Left 9118

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19576
Conservative 18481
Liberal 4877
Other 196

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21821
Conservative 9694
Liberal 4455
Other 1007
Right 431

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16160
Conservative 7157
Liberal 4937
Right 1366
Left 464

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14263
Conservative 7512
Liberal 6787
Right 1322
Other 1243

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17966
Liberal 11750
Conservative 9850
Other 1382
Right 771

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23907
Conservative 9574
Right 3886
Other 3101
Liberal 2455

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32072
Conservative 10859
Liberal 2086
Other 1386
Right 798

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Jun, 2018
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11033
Liberal 5404
Conservative 3161
Other 1668
Right 646
Left 67

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26661
Conservative 9653
Liberal 5039
Other 3462

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, Lewisham East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757694/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th April 2024