Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1342
Conservative 549

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 566
Liberal 457

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1306
Conservative 1023

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1340
Conservative 727

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st May, 1838
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 685
Liberal 579

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1485
Conservative 1156

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1
Liberal -1

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1617
Conservative 760

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 761
Conservative 670

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1427
Conservative 742

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1586
Conservative 595

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1477
Conservative 687

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th May, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1628
Conservative 726

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3855
Conservative 3024

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1850
Liberal 1767

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4060
Conservative 3997

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5477
Conservative 4202

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2222
Conservative 1726

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1908
Conservative 1713

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5685

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6055

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6311

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3921
Conservative 3619

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4109
Liberal 3983

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3903
Liberal 3899

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8470
Liberal 5246
Labour 2860

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7922
Labour 7871
Liberal 6050

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8630
Labour 8127
Liberal 6011

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10525
Labour 8005
Liberal 3566

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11041
Labour 10548
Liberal 6589

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19201
Labour 9223

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15682
Labour 11803

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14010
Conservative 10466
Liberal 5338

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20202
Right 15708
Liberal 6444

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21097
Right 18836
Liberal 3292

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21354
Conservative 20606

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Sep, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18895
Conservative 10521
Liberal 7393

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19450
Conservative 16679
Liberal 7336

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19631
Conservative 15514
Liberal 7581
Other 380

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20951
Conservative 15678
Liberal 6540

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21838
Labour 20777
Liberal 3935

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23052
Labour 18215
Liberal 10155
Right 366

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 22664
Labour 19136
Liberal 7357

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 25163
Labour 18747
Liberal 7213
Right 527

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27235
Labour 14698
Left 13499
Other 479
Right 260

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29826
Labour 17791
Liberal 12417

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29870
Labour 23801
Liberal 10978

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28943
Conservative 20684
Liberal 6069
Other 1763
Right 455

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22067
Conservative 18187
Liberal 6875
Right 822
Left 272

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23138
Conservative 18867
Liberal 7825
Right 1116
Other 857

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20267
Labour 17847
Liberal 9767
Right 1808
Other 1075

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23837
Labour 16586
Right 7497
Liberal 2828
Other 1712
Left 115

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27208
Labour 21688
Liberal 2716
Right 1495
Other 964

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29159
Labour 18882
Liberal 4338
Other 1385

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749831/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 05th November 2024