Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14647
Conservative 8344
Labour 6109
Nationalist 1608
Other 1217

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14319
Conservative 8085
Labour 3443
Nationalist 1969
Right 786
Other 381

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15419
Conservative 8246
Labour 3454
Nationalist 2078
Right 900

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13976
Liberal 12792
Nationalist 2802
Labour 2407
Right 1512
Other 324

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15204
Liberal 9879
Right 3769
Labour 1900
Nationalist 1745
Other 1260

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18075
Liberal 8790
Labour 5542
Nationalist 1960
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 20020
Liberal 7882
Labour 5585
Other 727

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757384/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024