Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38508
Liberal 22176

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37789
Liberal 26976

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37921
Nationalist 19624

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36875
Nationalist 6928

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32922
Nationalist 11031
Labour 6260
Liberal 5610

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32876
Liberal 9586
Nationalist 8917

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34894
Other 21676
Liberal 7747

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 31088
Left 28532

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 33614
Left 32526

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Other 36908
Left 25715
Nationalist 1853

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26259
Left 20996
Nationalist 4074

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 24963
Left 23643
Nationalist 2936

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 27254
Other 26917
Nationalist 2363

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Left 31523
Other 26723
Nationalist 1843
Conservative 1488

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Left 26181
Other 18178
Nationalist 5127

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Left 24136
Other 17660
Nationalist 10278

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Left 21557
Other 14203
Nationalist 12417

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Left 20648
Nationalist 12236
Other 9705

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Left 18077
Nationalist 12186
Other 9072
Right 3044
Conservative 318

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20328
Left 17882
Other 12683

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 19108
Nationalist 16137
Left 14517

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, South Down CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12747044/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th June 2024