Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28377
Conservative 25008
Liberal 5546

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27606
Labour 21159

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27267
Labour 19861

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30115
Labour 19652

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25079
Labour 17143
Liberal 11244

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29208
Labour 24214

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31316
Labour 18473
Liberal 11167

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31334
Liberal 23678
Labour 16006

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 28852
Liberal 18581
Labour 17828

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37727
Liberal 16676
Labour 16632
Right 703

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26420
Liberal 19194
Labour 6280

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29100
Liberal 18736
Labour 6935
Other 717

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31611
Liberal 15325
Labour 10517
Other 879

More information about the 1992 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, Maidstone CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757463/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024