Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2664

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3232
Conservative 305

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4103

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3302
Conservative 2096

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5183

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5676

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6051

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Sep, 1898
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6306

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4375
Labour 4087

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9601

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9356

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11951
Liberal 7494

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13286
Labour 9048
Liberal 4419

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14684
Labour 11271

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11638
Labour 9284
Liberal 6697

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15174
Labour 13008

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Feb, 1926
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12965
Conservative 12636
Liberal 3573

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17061
Conservative 15596
Liberal 6149

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24416
Labour 15798

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22320
Labour 18105

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21442
Conservative 13153
Liberal 9215

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23528
Conservative 17421
Liberal 11588

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26858
Labour 26045

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25765
Labour 23184

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24318
Labour 19901
Liberal 5863

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21751
Conservative 19841
Liberal 6578

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23909
Conservative 19546
Liberal 3891

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23208
Conservative 19447
Liberal 5222

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20546
Conservative 18477
Liberal 11398

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21334
Conservative 17620
Liberal 7882

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22565
Conservative 21513
Liberal 5054
Right 444

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Mar, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20544
Conservative 18132
Left 12735
Other 590

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22434
Labour 18996
Left 8737
Other 108

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24831
Labour 22170
Liberal 6289

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26556
Conservative 23758
Liberal 4586
Right 355

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29658
Conservative 13633
Liberal 3483
Other 1399

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22479
Conservative 12095
Liberal 4358
Left 698
Other 269

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20643
Conservative 10239
Liberal 7269
Right 730
Other 507

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16891
Conservative 13503
Liberal 10046
Right 2456

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17637
Conservative 14479
Right 5392
Liberal 1966
Other 1444
Left 223

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22681
Conservative 19401
Right 1180
Liberal 1031
Other 524

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20901
Labour 17607
Other 2893
Liberal 2097

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, Darlington PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749867/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024