Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20111
Liberal 8549
Nationalist 8026
Conservative 4376
Left 689
Right 643

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 2006
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12391
Labour 10591
Nationalist 7261
Conservative 2702
Other 888
Left 537
Right 208

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22639
Liberal 17169
Nationalist 5201
Conservative 3305
Right 633

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 28096
Labour 17744
Conservative 6623
Liberal 2232
Other 1195

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18121
Labour 17277
Conservative 12593
Liberal 3019

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 23727
Labour 13028
Conservative 11207
Liberal 4262
Other 1258

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, Dunfermline and West Fife CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797710/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th September 2024