Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16310
Labour 4899

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9137
Right 9104
Conservative 8661

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10817
Labour 8884
Liberal 5894

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18440
Labour 9915

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15435
Labour 12983
Liberal 7388

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26642
Labour 8919
Other 529

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21331
Labour 12995

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr, 1942
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10786
Other 4807
Left 2493

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18472
Labour 12923

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Feb, 1946
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13696
Labour 9689
Nationalist 2700

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24341
Labour 10269
Liberal 2984

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26125
Labour 10912

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25265
Labour 9514

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30743
Labour 21169

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27299
Labour 24294

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26549
Labour 25330
Other 516

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29093
Labour 24188
Left 419

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18247
Labour 16152
Nationalist 5410

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 16301
Labour 14544
Nationalist 6292
Liberal 1058

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 17550
Conservative 15950
Nationalist 2653
Liberal 2042

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16037
Conservative 11807
Left 8710
Nationalist 2151

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19623
Conservative 8420
Left 5722
Nationalist 3883

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16265
Conservative 8264
Nationalist 6107
Liberal 2614
Other 441

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19158
Nationalist 6193
Conservative 4248
Liberal 2302
Left 1145
Other 344

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14902
Nationalist 4086
Conservative 3662
Liberal 3006
Left 1730

More information about the 2001 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, Glasgow Cathcart BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736265/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024