Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21956
Labour 17725

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22475
Labour 17952

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22970
Labour 17173

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25422
Labour 19165

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25635
Labour 21921
Liberal 6764

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28619
Conservative 25654

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28312
Labour 26957
Liberal 4061
Nationalist 1501

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27269
Labour 22707
Liberal 11506
Nationalist 930

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 25460
Labour 23118
Liberal 10076
Nationalist 839

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 33547
Labour 23785
Liberal 8494
Nationalist 641

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21746
Left 12403
Labour 9593
Nationalist 493

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22387
Labour 13037
Left 11313
Nationalist 363

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Apr, 1991
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17733
Conservative 15327
Liberal 11164
Other 599
Nationalist 277

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24059
Labour 20855
Liberal 5562
Other 431

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23404
Conservative 19226
Liberal 4689
Other 1190
Nationalist 516

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19021
Conservative 18637
Liberal 5080
Nationalist 1068
Right 656

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21396
Labour 16869
Liberal 5852
Nationalist 993
Right 543

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22466
Labour 12041
Liberal 9026
Nationalist 1273
Right 1126
Other 587

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23701
Labour 12719
Right 4942
Liberal 2496
Nationalist 1875
Other 1729

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26411
Labour 18205
Liberal 2064
Nationalist 1338
Other 954
Right 762

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26160
Labour 16178
Liberal 4909
Other 1788
Nationalist 1182

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740293/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th September 2024