Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27516
Conservative 12505
Liberal 4320
Other 1764

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20332
Conservative 9932
Liberal 5583
Other 1744

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17914
Conservative 12533
Liberal 8110
Other 2587
Right 424

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22038
Conservative 19514
Liberal 7509
Other 970
Right 624

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25263
Conservative 22421
Other 2201
Liberal 2107
Right 1537

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Jun, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17894
Conservative 11537
Other 1241
Liberal 820
Right 507

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34694
Conservative 19236
Liberal 3057
Other 845
Right 339

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30811
Conservative 16504
Liberal 8305
Other 2776
Left 77

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742060/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 14th May 2024