Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23178
Conservative 15172
Liberal 2581

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23322
Conservative 16855

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18732
Conservative 17052
Left 928

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16811
Conservative 16628
Liberal 5611
Left 424

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18483
Labour 18156

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20222
Conservative 16557

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18083
Labour 16817

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17960
Conservative 15937
Liberal 6044
Right 853

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18291
Conservative 15087
Liberal 4231
Right 826
Other 86

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18674
Conservative 18183
Liberal 1811
Right 582

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27061
Conservative 19659
Liberal 4773

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25894
Conservative 18961
Liberal 6514

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27507
Conservative 18917
Liberal 5261

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28921
Conservative 9964
Liberal 5241
Other 1217
Right 544

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17415
Conservative 8662
Liberal 8566
Left 2230
Right 352
Other 192

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18269
Liberal 10321
Conservative 6513
Other 2173
Left 890
Right 745

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21142
Liberal 9234
Conservative 8960
Right 1675
Left 527
Other 507

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23697
Conservative 8869
Right 5032
Liberal 2001
Other 1330
Left 331

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30109
Conservative 11726
Liberal 1080
Other 690
Left 592

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26594
Conservative 11277
Other 2375
Liberal 1901

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, Birmingham Perry Barr BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744869/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024