Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15948
Labour 15367
Liberal 10163
Nationalist 477

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20887
Conservative 18179
Liberal 5903
Nationalist 377

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24139
Conservative 16360
Liberal 4296
Other 653

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24331
Conservative 9794
Liberal 3907
Other 1199
Nationalist 648
Right 323

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18489
Conservative 9185
Liberal 4095
Nationalist 2510
Right 784

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16021
Conservative 10563
Liberal 6398
Nationalist 1278
Right 848
Other 624

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16389
Conservative 12845
Liberal 6587
Right 2327
Nationalist 1122
Other 450

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16633
Conservative 13123
Right 6134
Nationalist 1604
Liberal 1581
Other 1272

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22723
Conservative 17065
Right 1100
Nationalist 1077
Liberal 976
Other 497

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Apr, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9308
Conservative 7357
Right 2182
Other 2008
Nationalist 1185
Liberal 1088
Left 387

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18977
Conservative 18075
Other 2629
Liberal 2565
Nationalist 1187

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746593/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd May 2024