Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18775
Nationalist 5268
Liberal 3665
Conservative 2135
Left 1096

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul, 2008
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 11277
Labour 10912
Conservative 1639
Liberal 915
Other 876
Left 555

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19797
Nationalist 7957
Liberal 1617
Conservative 1453
Right 886
Left 454

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 24116
Labour 13729
Conservative 2544
Right 1105
Other 381
Liberal 318
Left 224

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 14024
Labour 13949
Conservative 6816
Liberal 567
Right 504
Other 158
Left 148

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18357
Labour 12791
Conservative 5709
Liberal 1626

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797588/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024