Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17091
Labour 5334
Liberal 3488

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13924
Labour 10831
Right 4643

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16114
Labour 13438

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18174
Labour 13095

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16625
Labour 16414
Liberal 5430

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24277
Labour 14073

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21491
Labour 15394

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15417
Conservative 10738
Liberal 3695

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27512
Conservative 26588
Liberal 3541

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28908
Labour 28198

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30051
Labour 26241

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32752
Labour 25991

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24722
Labour 24312
Liberal 7383

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31567
Conservative 26345

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29383
Conservative 28636

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21649
Labour 13545
Liberal 12683

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20457
Labour 15269
Liberal 10131

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28892
Labour 17605
Liberal 6226

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25203
Liberal 13516
Labour 6538
Other 470

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23187
Liberal 19174
Labour 8310

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27070
Labour 15120
Liberal 12291
Other 256

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23881
Conservative 14441
Liberal 6613
Other 2218
Right 499

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19827
Conservative 12310
Liberal 5605
Right 970
Left 361

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15497
Conservative 11388
Liberal 8685
Right 2392
Left 230

More information about the 2005 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, Plymouth Sutton PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746763/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 19th May 2024