Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22031
Conservative 21741
Left 9820

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25457
Conservative 24365
Left 8022

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28065
Conservative 25370
Liberal 7315
Other 651

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29460
Conservative 13662
Liberal 5940
Other 1543

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22556
Conservative 12650
Liberal 5595
Right 746

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21240
Conservative 14162
Liberal 8083

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd May, 2008
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20539
Labour 12679
Liberal 6040
Other 1318
Right 922

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23420
Labour 17374
Liberal 7656
Right 2457
Other 177

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22445
Labour 18825
Right 7252
Liberal 1374

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25928
Conservative 25880
Right 1885
Liberal 1334

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28704
Labour 20196
Liberal 2618
Other 2514

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748292/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024