Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24454
Labour 13157
Liberal 4567

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26522
Labour 14313

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27860
Labour 15393

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33521
Labour 16210

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31170
Labour 17834
Liberal 11285

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32057
Labour 19210
Liberal 11104

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37220
Labour 18652
Liberal 9763

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25243
Liberal 17660
Labour 11583

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22804
Liberal 14069
Labour 11737
Right 921

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31719
Labour 13327
Liberal 9991
Right 564

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32748
Liberal 16511
Labour 6566
Other 368

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35990
Liberal 19446
Labour 6537

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37744
Liberal 17902
Labour 8080
Other 302

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19553
Liberal 13875
Labour 10695
Other 6279
Right 512

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19747
Liberal 12988
Labour 8714
Right 1461

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21838
Liberal 15226
Labour 7507
Right 1324
Other 150

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26551
Liberal 19744
Labour 4246
Right 1997
Other 248

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29199
Labour 8389
Liberal 6047
Right 5873
Other 2456

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29903
Labour 13179
Liberal 9711
Other 1292
Right 1161

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26396
Liberal 16629
Labour 8827
Other 1485
Right 600

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, Woking CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747718/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024