Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28695
Liberal 15983
Labour 7145

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33458
Liberal 14994
Labour 9733

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36256
Labour 13688
Liberal 13393
Other 850
Right 119

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24282
Labour 17254
Liberal 11202
Other 2898
Right 765

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22153
Labour 14180
Liberal 10000
Other 2103
Right 767

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26571
Liberal 12415
Labour 11845
Other 1682
Right 1356

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33973
Liberal 11233
Labour 7511
Other 2989
Right 2001
Nationalist 62

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35201
Labour 10046
Right 5352
Liberal 3953
Other 3820
Nationalist 110

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Oct, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17313
Liberal 11611
Labour 5765
Other 2412
Right 1354

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33839
Labour 12598
Liberal 12457
Other 1053
Right 980

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33856
Liberal 18679
Labour 8770

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744559/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 31st October 2024