Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20411
Conservative 20355
Labour 12811
Other 1670
Right 418

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 29542
Conservative 13866
Labour 4302
Other 626
Right 438
Left 319

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25397
Conservative 16431
Labour 6553
Right 657
Left 366
Other 346

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 28428
Conservative 20868
Labour 5337
Right 1450
Other 1028

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23249
Liberal 20415
Labour 8574
Right 4321
Other 2520
Left 174

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 27810
Conservative 23686
Labour 9203
Other 804
Right 675

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 31103
Conservative 20614
Labour 6528
Other 2477
Right 124

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, Kingston and Surbiton BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741686/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024