Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21401
Conservative 13120
Left 10183
Other 298

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25965
Conservative 12907
Left 7477

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28453
Conservative 13594
Liberal 4982

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33526
Conservative 8383
Liberal 3050
Other 1683
Left 474

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26110
Conservative 8397
Liberal 3624
Right 974
Other 635
Left 518

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24421
Conservative 5972
Other 5248
Liberal 4935
Right 899

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jul, 2007
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12528
Liberal 5572
Conservative 4082
Right 3030
Other 2750

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18141
Conservative 9445
Liberal 8033
Right 3554
Other 1049

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18275
Conservative 11432
Right 6426
Liberal 1370
Other 1213

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22202
Conservative 16143
Right 1763
Liberal 797
Other 686

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19609
Labour 15096
Other 4906
Liberal 1955

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10285038/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024