Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25726
Conservative 16914
Liberal 8640
Other 310

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24218
Conservative 14235
Liberal 6557

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28498
Conservative 17220
Liberal 3920
Right 1545
Other 752
Left 477

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26664
Conservative 15548
Liberal 8059
Right 555
Other 150

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26480
Conservative 18503
Liberal 6947
Left 256

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23476
Conservative 16610
Left 4665
Liberal 3790
Other 944

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32791
Conservative 11368
Liberal 5687
Left 2580
Other 1788
Right 428

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22239
Other 10432
Conservative 8556
Liberal 4680
Left 921

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22937
Liberal 11497
Conservative 10147
Other 2175
Left 289

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jul, 2007
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15188
Liberal 10118
Conservative 8230
Other 2710
Right 285
Left 87

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22024
Conservative 12733
Liberal 6383
Other 1616

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28147
Conservative 9387
Right 2230
Other 2007
Liberal 1550

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31720
Conservative 9630
Liberal 1892
Other 1037
Right 504
Left 362

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25678
Conservative 9594
Liberal 3933
Other 2842
Left 170

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, Ealing Southall BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741297/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 14th May 2024