Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20488
Labour 14709
Liberal 6255

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23621
Labour 17090

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24061
Labour 16980

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24417
Labour 15014
Liberal 6261

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24898
Labour 16614
Liberal 9081

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28994
Labour 23320

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33452
Labour 19310
Liberal 8907
Other 960

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24367
Liberal 15467
Labour 10500

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 22504
Liberal 12288
Labour 11141

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 29982
Liberal 11693
Labour 9435

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27039
Liberal 13258
Labour 4282
Other 517
Right 213

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29978
Liberal 12896
Labour 6173

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30835
Liberal 12443
Labour 7676
Other 705

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23908
Liberal 12741
Labour 11700
Other 3194

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20466
Liberal 12008
Labour 9367
Right 1413
Other 1147

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24894
Liberal 12101
Labour 6862
Other 1518
Right 1162

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 2008
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19796
Liberal 9680
Other 2133
Right 2086
Labour 1066

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30054
Liberal 13466
Labour 5835
Right 2837
Other 1328

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32292
Labour 6917
Liberal 6205
Right 6007
Other 3815

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33749
Labour 11455
Liberal 8485
Other 2256
Right 1154

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32189
Liberal 18136
Labour 5698
Other 2736

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740736/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th April 2024