Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17742
Conservative 15080
Nationalist 5649
Labour 3923
Other 808

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16507
Conservative 11686
Labour 4669
Nationalist 4634
Left 418

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19285
Conservative 11814
Labour 5470
Nationalist 4700
Left 379

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17362
Conservative 13678
Nationalist 7086
Labour 6159
Right 910

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22949
Conservative 15916
Liberal 11812
Labour 2487
Other 1026
Right 1006

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24704
Nationalist 16754
Labour 5706
Liberal 4461

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22752
Nationalist 21909
Liberal 6253
Labour 2431

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, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739333/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024