Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 38367
Conservative 8972

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 37899
Conservative 9025

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34352
Conservative 9095

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36552
Conservative 9259

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34028
Conservative 8270

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32097
Conservative 7350

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33418
Conservative 8457

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33637
Conservative 13107

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28984
Conservative 8047
Liberal 7005

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29537
Conservative 11981
Liberal 6979

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25912
Liberal 11120
Conservative 7342

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32396
Conservative 7757
Liberal 7447

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34269
Conservative 7879
Liberal 5001

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33600
Conservative 3588
Liberal 3025
Other 1179
Left 503

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25360
Conservative 3411
Liberal 3408
Left 831

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22733
Liberal 4097
Conservative 3400
Right 1042
Left 583

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20579
Liberal 5597
Conservative 4790
Right 3948

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21132
Right 6491
Conservative 4478
Other 1543
Liberal 834
Left 146

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23152
Conservative 8260
Other 2765
Right 1727
Liberal 460

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15723
Conservative 9142
Other 8192
Liberal 1526

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748656/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024