Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 18988
Left 18504
Nationalist 9928

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Left 23209
Other 20111
Nationalist 6609

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 25619
Other 20476
Nationalist 6173

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Left 26073
Other 19954
Nationalist 6547

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Left 22904
Other 19153
Nationalist 11218

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Left 20784
Other 17628
Nationalist 17209

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20965
Other 16961
Left 12770

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18857
Other 15523
Left 10526

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20488
Other 17153
Left 12026
Conservative 210

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 25666
Other 18858
Left 9055

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 21043
Nationalist 20287
Left 9449

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, Newry and Armagh CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12740372/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd June 2024