Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 32188
Conservative 29877

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 32717
Conservative 30082

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 30529
Conservative 30268

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32080
Nationalist 7348

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30010
Nationalist 16138
Liberal 6006
Labour 2339

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29352
Other 14645
Nationalist 10370

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Other 32813
Conservative 31390

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 46244
Left 15410

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 63080
Left 185

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 51486
Left 10685

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1981
Party Votes Outcome
Other 30492

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Aug, 1981
Party Votes Outcome
Other 62595
Left 1132

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Sep, 1981
Party Votes Outcome
Other 29046

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 28630
Nationalist 20954
Left 10572

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 27857
Nationalist 15278
Left 12945

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Other 28387
Nationalist 14623
Left 12365

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Other 28620
Left 13904
Nationalist 12604

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26056
Nationalist 11174
Left 11060

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Other 24529
Nationalist 17739
Left 9706

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 22925
Nationalist 18638
Left 7230

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Other 21925
Nationalist 21304
Left 3574

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25054
Nationalist 23078
Left 2732

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25664
Nationalist 25230
Left 2587

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25330
Nationalist 21986
Left 3446

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12748220/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th June 2024