Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3876
Liberal 2463

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3819
Liberal 1801

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Feb, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3815
Liberal 1842

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4267
Liberal 3902

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5159
Liberal 3881

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4871
Liberal 3595

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1921
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18124
Liberal 11100

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23574
Labour 6276

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Feb, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16970
Labour 7702
Liberal 4996

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25416
Labour 11961
Liberal 9909

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 43264
Labour 8875

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36820
Labour 15058

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32149
Labour 25163
Liberal 8849

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24920
Labour 12677
Liberal 4688

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Feb, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22216
Labour 5072

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25858
Labour 11716
Liberal 3115

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32767
Labour 10766

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24585
Labour 10423

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27768
Labour 7651
Liberal 5835

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21230
Liberal 7366
Labour 7306
Other 709

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19783
Labour 8265
Liberal 6850

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20110
Labour 8175
Liberal 5108

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21140
Liberal 13076
Labour 9526

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 18555
Liberal 11598
Labour 9372

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 22257
Labour 9690
Liberal 8880
Other 1247
Right 246

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25400
Liberal 15222
Labour 10094
Other 1014

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24695
Liberal 16992
Labour 11337
Other 1096
Left 134

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22169
Liberal 16098
Labour 12992
Other 1097
Left 92
Right 42

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22068
Conservative 20575
Liberal 17551
Other 2203
Left 244

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20505
Liberal 16079
Conservative 16040
Other 1961
Left 590
Right 490

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21987
Labour 16859
Conservative 15429
Other 2353
Right 439
Left 329

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26593
Labour 15227
Conservative 10169
Other 2703
Right 655

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22900
Other 17431
Liberal 12103
Conservative 9752
Right 1940
Left 92

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47213
Conservative 9877
Other 9317
Liberal 5201

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47028
Other 19678
Conservative 8822

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, Bristol West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745175/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 06th May 2024