Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4123

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2928
Conservative 1063

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2352
Conservative 1368

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3339
Conservative 1274

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5156

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jun, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3443

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Feb, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4167

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5488
Conservative 2415

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4518

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7834

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Feb, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5967

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9111
Conservative 1031

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8380
Conservative 2444

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13070
Conservative 9076

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Aug, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4579
Liberal 3767

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11754
Liberal 11223

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18483
Liberal 16293

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3317
Liberal 2961

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3240
Liberal 2551

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4200
Liberal 3877

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4802
Liberal 3564

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5454
Liberal 3484

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4906
Right 3565
Conservative 2356

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6284
Liberal 5083

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5697
Liberal 4146

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14576
Labour 6471

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16934
Labour 10860

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12314
Conservative 10746
Liberal 5806

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18473
Labour 17409

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20328
Conservative 16710
Liberal 6870

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29278
Labour 13722
Left 2024

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22526
Labour 20436

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22078
Conservative 11580

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29379
Conservative 18255
Liberal 3148

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30326
Conservative 19898

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26423
Conservative 18484

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25204
Conservative 19679

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22814
Conservative 12592
Liberal 5205

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24359
Conservative 13200

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20804
Conservative 13195
Liberal 3319

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jul, 1971
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14671
Conservative 6150
Other 881
Right 285

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20164
Conservative 11294
Liberal 7855

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 19155
Conservative 9249
Liberal 5838
Other 254

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18975
Conservative 12133
Liberal 3870
Right 951
Other 460

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13361
Conservative 12150
Left 8932
Right 259
Other 242

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 18378
Labour 11676
Conservative 3852
Other 388
Right 219

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 15207
Labour 13008
Conservative 8695
Other 405

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14630
Liberal 13273
Conservative 6960
Other 803

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755983/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024