Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23608
Labour 14913
Liberal 4114

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27049
Labour 18991

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28847
Labour 21878

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29724
Labour 19487
Liberal 9278

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28308
Labour 22237
Liberal 11301

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28378
Labour 25186
Liberal 8596

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32661
Labour 24214
Liberal 7489
Other 542

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26563
Labour 18465
Liberal 17987

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 24939
Labour 19098
Liberal 14470

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 33112
Labour 16784
Liberal 9808
Right 839

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Dec, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17031
Labour 10259
Liberal 8752
Other 1033

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30217
Liberal 18023
Labour 7818
Other 307

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32791
Liberal 17007
Labour 8966

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33825
Liberal 13718
Labour 11512
Other 281

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25462
Labour 15441
Liberal 12381
Other 2127

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20933
Labour 12752
Liberal 12431
Right 847
Other 306

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23494
Liberal 15021
Labour 10466
Right 1107

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30773
Liberal 15853
Labour 6526
Right 2752
Other 846

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32608
Labour 9345
Right 6603
Liberal 5872
Other 2839

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35128
Labour 15578
Liberal 7078
Other 1576
Right 1293

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30327
Other 17385
Labour 7228
Liberal 6251

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752118/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024