Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33163
Liberal 20755
Labour 14389

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 30208
Liberal 17770
Labour 14441

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36099
Liberal 15231
Labour 12919
Other 1161
Right 647

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25721
Liberal 19166
Labour 3521
Other 500

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29029
Liberal 20209
Labour 4538

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28624
Liberal 22837
Labour 5503
Right 268
Other 157

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22255
Conservative 21082
Labour 7923
Right 1962
Other 100

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24015
Conservative 17307
Labour 4484
Right 1512
Other 251

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19317
Conservative 17288
Labour 6972
Right 3726

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23126
Conservative 19048
Right 3337
Labour 3231
Other 468

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19551
Liberal 16265
Right 6540
Labour 4166
Other 1557

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27141
Liberal 12858
Labour 9310
Right 1213
Other 652

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29863
Liberal 12114
Labour 6562
Other 1887

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748140/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 11th July 2024