Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16945
Labour 8698
Liberal 6015
Right 134
Other 79

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 14350
Labour 8589
Liberal 4122
Right 686

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

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Feb, 1977
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11926
Labour 3997
Liberal 1981
Other 1270
Right 1051

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16851
Labour 7067
Liberal 3375
Right 478

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20754
Liberal 7367
Labour 6013
Other 419
Right 405
Left 161

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19333
Left 7291
Labour 6821

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20938
Labour 7569
Liberal 5392
Other 813

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, The City of London and Westminster South BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742587/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024