Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21214
Labour 12333
Liberal 10441

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23274
Labour 10759
Liberal 8857
Other 158

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22791
Labour 9119
Liberal 7342
Other 368

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23551
Labour 9342
Liberal 7602

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21228
Labour 10490
Liberal 9279

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20982
Labour 12081
Liberal 6757

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23800
Labour 10256
Liberal 6316

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26433
Labour 9095
Liberal 8202
Other 235

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 23547
Labour 9791
Liberal 7215

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 26940
Labour 9844
Liberal 7256

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29304
Liberal 13883
Labour 6612

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jul, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17530
Liberal 16978
Labour 2834
Other 738

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33148
Liberal 15782
Labour 6075

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33808
Liberal 15359
Labour 8871
Other 739

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23300
Liberal 13067
Labour 10576
Other 2018

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24302
Liberal 9625
Labour 8177
Other 1207
Right 938

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24046
Liberal 12142
Labour 8958
Right 1187
Other 549

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24071
Liberal 12830
Labour 5834
Right 2352

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26202
Labour 6308
Right 5353
Liberal 3745
Other 2313

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28078
Labour 12168
Liberal 3641
Other 1441
Right 1142

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28875
Labour 10356
Liberal 5364
Other 3229

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, Penrith and the Border CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737385/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024