Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24290
Labour 16123
Liberal 11478

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 22392
Labour 15618
Liberal 8952

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 29447
Labour 13994
Liberal 6528
Right 1110

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27373
Left 11995
Labour 8289
Other 452
Right 330

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31536
Left 10023
Labour 9499
Other 695

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Dec, 1988
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13183
Liberal 8679
Labour 6261
Left 4077
Other 929
Right 286

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32407
Labour 12219
Liberal 9265
Other 552

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24117
Labour 18865
Liberal 7074
Other 2208
Right 743

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20833
Labour 12407
Liberal 7884
Right 1290

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23783
Labour 9425
Liberal 8279
Right 2742
Other 631

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25148
Liberal 10017
Labour 6641
Right 3834
Other 944

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27027
Right 9049
Labour 7962
Liberal 3448
Other 1862

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31462
Labour 13219
Liberal 2884
Right 1871
Other 1343

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32364
Labour 10191
Liberal 5387
Other 2156
Left 170

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748700/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024