Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20617
Conservative 11662
Liberal 3425
Nationalist 2301
Other 834
Right 293

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16179
Conservative 10418
Liberal 3058
Nationalist 2300
Right 391

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14875
Conservative 10206
Liberal 3820
Nationalist 2309
Other 728
Right 375

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15017
Conservative 12508
Liberal 4472
Nationalist 2068
Right 1342
Left 127

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13760
Labour 13523
Right 4577
Nationalist 2486
Liberal 915

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19423
Conservative 17044
Nationalist 1551
Liberal 666

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17270
Labour 15443
Nationalist 1552
Other 1477
Liberal 1471

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747354/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th May 2024