Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20014
Labour 17471
Liberal 6489

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21679
Labour 18244
Liberal 5005

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 22119
Labour 16702
Liberal 4798

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22050
Labour 15357
Liberal 6887

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Nov, 1962
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13783
Conservative 13079
Liberal 8910
Right 5057
Other 308

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21209
Labour 20274
Liberal 7100

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22997
Labour 21120
Liberal 5862

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27580
Labour 20716
Liberal 4680

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26933
Labour 18338
Liberal 12140

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 24351
Labour 17652
Liberal 11075

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32372
Labour 17133
Liberal 8649

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28631
Liberal 13533
Labour 7831
Other 151

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30184
Liberal 15117
Labour 9494
Other 244

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29319
Liberal 15811
Labour 12298
Other 864

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17755
Labour 17678
Liberal 9936
Other 2952
Right 861

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19027
Conservative 18874
Liberal 6531
Right 913

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20231
Conservative 18419
Liberal 7647
Right 1571
Other 633
Nationalist 83

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22667
Labour 15224
Liberal 9557
Right 2034
Other 828

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23756
Labour 11762
Right 7304
Liberal 2901
Other 2874

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29135
Labour 17440
Liberal 3053
Other 2278

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30024
Labour 12871
Liberal 5432
Other 2731

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737579/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 11th May 2024