Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31462
Labour 23955

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31700
Labour 24418

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23827
Labour 12591

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24924
Labour 12132

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th May, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18032
Labour 11968
Liberal 4567

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21502
Labour 12495
Liberal 6510

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21162
Labour 12485
Liberal 7390

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25249
Labour 11773
Liberal 8867

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30843
Liberal 20339
Labour 15655

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 27671
Liberal 18451
Labour 16153

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 38198
Labour 15378
Liberal 14228
Nationalist 395

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31908
Left 18861
Labour 4512
Nationalist 155

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32195
Left 24716
Labour 4028
Other 565

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33113
Liberal 24992
Labour 4917
Right 3095

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26100
Conservative 26098
Labour 6528
Other 2852
Right 476

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Nov, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 37006
Conservative 15450
Labour 944
Right 561
Other 423

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 32282
Conservative 22648
Labour 3498
Right 664
Nationalist 66

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 31225
Conservative 23749
Labour 4782
Right 1321
Other 581

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27155
Liberal 24107
Labour 3051
Right 1139
Other 503

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30425
Liberal 13511
Labour 4613
Right 4122
Other 2645

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29729
Liberal 19730
Labour 6007
Other 995
Right 695

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28430
Liberal 27445
Labour 2723
Other 292

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756940/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024