Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22089
Conservative 15431
Other 1542

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19205
Conservative 11717
Liberal 5798
Other 313

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

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Mar, 1976
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17118
Conservative 13424
Liberal 4062
Right 986
Other 281

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19460
Conservative 15489
Liberal 3413
Right 359
Other 98

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17239
Conservative 14201
Liberal 7479

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19450
Conservative 13787
Left 6455

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20349
Conservative 13917
Liberal 5070

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30901
Conservative 14300
Liberal 6377
Other 1445
Left 1299

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21892
Conservative 11018
Liberal 5832
Other 3159
Right 650

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20942
Conservative 11627
Liberal 7932
Right 2322
Left 615

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19936
Conservative 13648
Liberal 8344
Right 2961
Other 1301
Left 370

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18557
Conservative 14048
Right 7101
Other 1961
Liberal 1810
Left 1769

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26894
Conservative 18314
Other 1830
Right 1525
Liberal 1286

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20918
Conservative 20710
Other 3399
Liberal 2717

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756100/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 05th October 2024