Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12312
Other 7235

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13276
Conservative 9867
Other 425

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10444
Conservative 9991
Labour 3272

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12361
Labour 9427
Liberal 5386

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15294
Conservative 14263
Liberal 5523

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22966
Labour 14160

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16653
Labour 13285
Liberal 4319

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15823
Conservative 11180

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25472
Conservative 21673
Other 1092

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26597
Conservative 22535
Other 1340

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19020
Conservative 17582

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21294
Conservative 18379

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21677
Conservative 13285

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19412
Conservative 10813
Left 1931

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20110
Conservative 11496

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27301
Conservative 12366
Liberal 6258
Left 586

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 27633
Conservative 10743
Liberal 4266
Left 516

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 26900
Conservative 11741
Liberal 4531
Left 911

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27282
Conservative 12143
Left 12068

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34975
Conservative 10498
Left 6820

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th May, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26737
Liberal 3653
Conservative 3220
Other 1712
Left 155

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Oct, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22052
Conservative 2587
Liberal 2507
Other 999

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 37464
Conservative 8022
Liberal 4475
Other 264

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31668
Conservative 3247
Liberal 2191
Other 697
Left 420

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21400
Liberal 2357
Conservative 2194
Left 1643

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19345
Liberal 2988
Conservative 1580
Right 1054
Left 655

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27426
Liberal 6245
Conservative 3678
Right 3456
Left 472

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33619
Right 4915
Conservative 3639
Other 1501
Liberal 978
Left 500

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42259
Conservative 6059
Liberal 837
Other 709
Left 424

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39066
Conservative 4510
Other 3776
Liberal 1822

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741224/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 21st May 2024