Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26040
Liberal 14792
Labour 11691

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 23234
Liberal 12606
Labour 12253

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 31938
Labour 10443
Liberal 8853
Right 548

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th May, 1982
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23049
Liberal 9996
Labour 3886
Other 375

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30552
Liberal 12252
Labour 5107

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33324
Liberal 11985
Labour 5203

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33817
Liberal 10220
Labour 7163
Right 1317
Other 362

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24709
Liberal 10722
Labour 10063
Other 3970
Right 451
Left 286

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22233
Labour 9168
Liberal 9117
Right 1626

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24126
Liberal 8873
Labour 8422
Right 2102

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32053
Liberal 10271
Labour 6135
Right 2597
Other 1434

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33621
Right 7310
Labour 6074
Liberal 3927
Other 2231

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36559
Labour 12016
Liberal 4448
Right 1609
Other 1396

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32477
Other 19635
Labour 5756

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748437/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st May 2024