Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19223
Conservative 17993
Liberal 2411

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20332
Conservative 18573
Liberal 1616

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Nov, 1953
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15784
Conservative 13808
Liberal 695

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17126
Conservative 16195
Liberal 1193

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17065
Labour 16409

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15873
Conservative 13117
Other 226

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16128
Conservative 10982

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12448
Conservative 10125

More information about the 1970 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, Holborn and St Pancras South BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741390/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024