Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29053
Liberal 6323
Conservative 5449
Nationalist 2058
Left 256

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33477
Conservative 5270
Liberal 3573
Nationalist 2085

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31710
Liberal 4997
Conservative 4904
Nationalist 2704

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30012
Liberal 2926
Conservative 2508
Nationalist 2344
Other 1351

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19574
Nationalist 4651
Liberal 2385
Conservative 2272
Other 2110
Left 692

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18129
Liberal 4195
Nationalist 2972
Conservative 2680
Other 1030
Right 699
Left 271

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14007
Liberal 9951
Conservative 2412
Right 2045
Other 1845
Nationalist 1621
Left 195

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17619
Right 6106
Conservative 3292
Nationalist 3099
Liberal 1351
Other 1062
Left 186

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22407
Conservative 6073
Nationalist 2740
Right 1484
Liberal 841

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16913
Conservative 6307
Other 5464
Nationalist 2446
Liberal 1116

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.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 18th May 2024