Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22546
Liberal 19157
Conservative 10666
Other 1262
Left 470

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17537
Liberal 14811
Conservative 7304
Right 5768

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17968
Liberal 14378
Conservative 7901
Right 2982
Other 138

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14186
Liberal 14083
Conservative 11773
Right 4266
Other 212

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jan, 2011
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14718
Liberal 11160
Conservative 4481
Right 3589
Other 982

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17529
Conservative 11527
Right 8557
Liberal 5718
Other 1152

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25629
Conservative 17447
Right 2278
Liberal 1683

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20088
Conservative 18589
Other 5064
Liberal 2423

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, Oldham East and Saddleworth CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739904/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024