Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14918
Conservative 13070
Nationalist 5421
Liberal 5151
Other 1697

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13426
Conservative 12311
Nationalist 4453
Liberal 3934
Right 476

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12909
Labour 12776
Liberal 4723
Nationalist 3874
Right 512
Other 507
Left 313

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15833
Labour 9414
Nationalist 5864
Liberal 5801
Right 864
Other 335

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16463
Labour 9733
Right 4988
Nationalist 4651
Liberal 1387
Left 612
Other 194

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19541
Labour 16104
Nationalist 3918
Liberal 1091

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20403
Labour 13656
Nationalist 3907
Liberal 2237

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748589/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 13th May 2024