Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3800
Conservative 2625

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 5476

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Feb, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6542

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6944

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th May, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6858

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6825

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 7592

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th May, 1909
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8916

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 9204

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 9172
Liberal 6220
Labour 2642

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12355
Conservative 11689

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11010
Conservative 8778
Labour 6836

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10628
Labour 9603
Liberal 8790

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15795
Conservative 12966
Liberal 12126

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31407
Labour 12704

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd May, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16373
Labour 10462
Liberal 4059

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28023
Labour 13794

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jul, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19894
Labour 18840
Liberal 3256

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26978
Labour 14377
Liberal 3586

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30232
Labour 15607

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26000
Labour 12784

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25976
Labour 14044
Liberal 5962

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26298
Labour 18359
Liberal 7352

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24882
Labour 20073
Liberal 6571

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26864
Labour 19523
Liberal 4467
Nationalist 3711

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18908
Labour 10431
Liberal 9189
Nationalist 4241

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 15354
Labour 10152
Nationalist 8135
Liberal 6606

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 19360
Labour 12009
Liberal 7330
Nationalist 3904

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17646
Liberal 17148
Labour 9313
Nationalist 2126

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18450
Liberal 17216
Labour 10957
Nationalist 2774

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18071
Liberal 17464
Labour 8759
Nationalist 4117
Other 234
Right 133

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20841
Conservative 13325
Labour 8948
Nationalist 4210
Other 307

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16719
Labour 9130
Conservative 8894
Nationalist 4047
Left 688

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22417
Conservative 8817
Labour 8433
Nationalist 4124
Other 964
Left 510

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16684
Labour 12881
Conservative 10767
Nationalist 6115

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21378
Liberal 18168
Conservative 6732
Labour 6425
Other 1140
Right 1015

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 18108
Nationalist 15120
Conservative 11559
Labour 7876
Other 132

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21766
Nationalist 17997
Conservative 9283
Labour 4460
Other 1027

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, Edinburgh West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736230/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024