Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36017
Labour 21364

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Right 36628
Labour 20893

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31552
Labour 13565

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33064
Labour 11310
Liberal 7543

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31772
Liberal 14745
Labour 11399

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30350
Labour 14257
Liberal 13237

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36774
Labour 18134
Liberal 9163

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28355
Liberal 14929
Labour 6028

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25729
Liberal 12373
Labour 6955

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34096
Liberal 7989
Labour 6511
Right 925

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31753
Liberal 12769
Labour 4066

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34475
Liberal 13292
Labour 6104

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37001
Liberal 10965
Labour 8490
Other 324

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27373
Labour 12488
Liberal 10139
Other 2401

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21909
Labour 11805
Liberal 8268
Right 1186
Other 284

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24308
Labour 12025
Liberal 7710
Right 2275

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27303
Labour 10298
Liberal 9117
Right 3336
Other 535

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27782
Labour 11365
Right 7489
Liberal 2627
Other 1591

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32224
Labour 16885
Liberal 2302
Other 1447

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31604
Labour 12332
Liberal 6358
Other 2031

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, Sutton Coldfield CCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735571/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st June 2024