Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20956
Conservative 11335
Nationalist 5402
Liberal 3516
Other 1432

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15349
Conservative 10811
Nationalist 6893
Liberal 3248
Right 537
Other 78

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13953
Conservative 12043
Nationalist 5582
Liberal 5399
Right 545
Other 341

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16649
Labour 13226
Liberal 4890
Nationalist 4232
Right 1146
Other 364

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17626
Labour 11572
Right 4698
Nationalist 4201
Other 1290
Liberal 963

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19771
Labour 16661
Nationalist 3933
Liberal 956
Right 905

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22183
Labour 14438
Nationalist 3633
Liberal 1860

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, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737063/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 24th April 2024