Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26887
Conservative 13926
Liberal 3900

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27333
Conservative 16344

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23081
Conservative 16572
Liberal 3408

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20776
Conservative 17345
Liberal 4746

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22432
Conservative 16420

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21433
Conservative 11857
Liberal 3966

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19407
Conservative 16258

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26613
Conservative 19470
Liberal 10121

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26342
Conservative 17010
Liberal 7520
Other 793

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26945
Conservative 20853
Liberal 5196
Right 587
Left 146
Other 122

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18169
Conservative 17748
Left 9976
Other 297

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21003
Conservative 19487
Left 7608

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25917
Conservative 18981
Liberal 5198

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29154
Conservative 13048
Liberal 7438
Other 2179

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24310
Conservative 10455
Liberal 8310

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19683
Liberal 14026
Conservative 8211
Right 845
Other 608

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17851
Conservative 11729
Liberal 8430
Right 1821
Other 1357

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20007
Conservative 11179
Right 6341
Liberal 1717
Other 1351
Left 225

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26430
Conservative 15182
Right 2011
Liberal 1229
Other 454

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21690
Conservative 15671
Liberal 2621
Other 2480

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, Derby South BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752076/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 15th May 2024