Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7997
Labour 3659
Liberal 2986

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9023
Liberal 6219
Labour 5580

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12235
Conservative 7313

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9737
Liberal 6609
Labour 6195

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11006
Conservative 10118
Labour 9091

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15717
Liberal 11382
Labour 6752

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15355
Liberal 9893
Labour 9370

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19561
Conservative 14747
Liberal 9480

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21392
Conservative 21350
Liberal 7317
Left 562

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25076
Labour 22804
Liberal 3287

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25395
Labour 19959

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22163
Labour 17790
Liberal 7223

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19570
Conservative 18348
Liberal 7002

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21571
Conservative 15271
Liberal 4297

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21437
Conservative 18838

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19369
Conservative 13863
Liberal 8155

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19720
Conservative 12601
Liberal 5517
Right 914

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20346
Conservative 15842
Liberal 3868
Right 326

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20132
Conservative 13676
Liberal 8081

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22476
Conservative 12354
Left 8041

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23031
Conservative 10642
Liberal 4324
Other 288

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25042
Conservative 5454
Liberal 3937
Other 1323

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18285
Conservative 3821
Liberal 3015
Left 946
Other 456

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17187
Liberal 5160
Conservative 3690
Right 1554

More information about the 2005 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, Manchester Blackley PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749594/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024