Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30270
Conservative 8771

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30523
Conservative 9041

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27852
Conservative 9180

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28154
Conservative 7181
Nationalist 3420

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26011
Conservative 6086
Nationalist 3956

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26330
Conservative 5182
Nationalist 3949

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jul, 1968
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16148
Nationalist 14274
Conservative 3687
Liberal 1257

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24972
Nationalist 11505
Conservative 3917

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24838
Nationalist 11956
Conservative 5912
Other 711

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 24161
Nationalist 10452
Conservative 4897
Liberal 3184

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 27280
Conservative 8783
Nationalist 6931
Liberal 3430

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21570
Liberal 10017
Conservative 9295
Nationalist 6414

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28698
Conservative 9531
Liberal 6923
Nationalist 3955

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31713
Conservative 9041
Nationalist 4821
Liberal 4247

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30697
Conservative 4858
Nationalist 4383
Liberal 3724
Other 1337
Left 270

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22597
Nationalist 8172
Conservative 4415
Liberal 3649

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22190
Nationalist 6831
Conservative 5711
Liberal 3861
Other 636

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17377
Conservative 6622
Nationalist 6460
Liberal 5688
Right 2545

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17864
Right 7791
Conservative 6683
Nationalist 5895
Other 937
Liberal 935
Left 178

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22491
Conservative 10413
Nationalist 5962
Right 1259
Liberal 725
Other 447

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18018
Conservative 11185
Nationalist 6424
Other 4490

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753068/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024