Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22421
Labour 12028
Left 11154
Nationalist 1068

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24229
Labour 17978
Left 8633
Nationalist 946

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th May, 1989
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23342
Conservative 17314
Other 2303
Liberal 2017
Nationalist 1672
Left 1098

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24220
Labour 24201
Liberal 5045
Nationalist 1160

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29054
Conservative 18522
Liberal 4945
Nationalist 1393

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20524
Conservative 15824
Liberal 5521
Nationalist 2867
Right 448

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19481
Conservative 17673
Liberal 6745
Nationalist 2423
Right 840
Left 162

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20341
Labour 16034
Liberal 7403
Nationalist 2667
Right 1529
Other 693

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23607
Labour 16727
Right 5489
Nationalist 2869
Liberal 1309
Other 1292

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25501
Labour 23311
Nationalist 2295
Liberal 1020
Right 868
Other 723

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27305
Labour 23743
Other 3759

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755442/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th September 2024