Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25511
Conservative 14558
Liberal 5342
Left 3262
Other 1123
Right 328

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20125
Conservative 11846
Liberal 5672
Left 1889
Other 564

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18649
Conservative 12394
Liberal 7228
Left 1097
Right 829
Other 488

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19197
Conservative 15352
Liberal 8278
Right 1767
Left 691
Other 639

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18472
Conservative 15284
Right 5709
Other 1805
Liberal 1779
Left 650

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25874
Conservative 17927
Liberal 1343
Right 1037
Other 828

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19544
Conservative 19143
Liberal 3398
Other 2959

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757608/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024