Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25393
Conservative 22442
Labour 7172
Other 1846

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23444
Conservative 18480
Labour 5541
Other 1338
Right 348

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24011
Conservative 20280
Labour 4768
Other 1857
Right 458

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29461
Liberal 25370
Labour 2979
Other 789
Right 669

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34404
Liberal 11389
Labour 7296
Other 3548
Right 2464

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Dec, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20510
Other 19258
Labour 1515

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28588
Liberal 28543
Labour 5773
Right 426

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 34559
Conservative 26793
Labour 3407
Other 308

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752106/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024