Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27200
Conservative 22893

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28995
Conservative 23595

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26042
Conservative 21080

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25390
Conservative 22258

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25998
Conservative 17941

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26139
Conservative 16714

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21655
Conservative 15878
Nationalist 4378
Liberal 1594

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16712
Conservative 13366
Liberal 5812
Nationalist 2093

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18153
Conservative 11481
Liberal 4669
Nationalist 2008

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Other 27035
Nationalist 3272
Right 1287

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15472
Labour 13698
Left 10388
Nationalist 848
Other 352

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20329
Conservative 16284
Left 7300
Nationalist 736

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24306
Conservative 15015
Liberal 5002
Nationalist 1177
Other 184

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24297
Conservative 8669
Liberal 4366
Nationalist 1949
Other 996

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18594
Conservative 7273
Liberal 4458
Nationalist 3296
Right 462

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15729
Conservative 7562
Liberal 6060
Nationalist 4316
Right 727
Other 167

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16894
Conservative 12143
Liberal 7186
Nationalist 2868
Right 1117
Other 750

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17803
Conservative 11014
Nationalist 6096
Right 4923
Liberal 2069
Other 1704
Left 183

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26425
Conservative 13874
Nationalist 4418
Liberal 1214
Right 698

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23908
Conservative 12922
Nationalist 3864
Other 2752
Liberal 2731

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745278/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 19th May 2024