Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16728
Labour 9767
Liberal 6616
Conservative 5983
Other 1092

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Feb, 2000
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 10716
Liberal 5768
Conservative 4138
Labour 3612
Right 487
Other 344

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 13241
Liberal 9297
Conservative 6730
Labour 5338

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13130
Nationalist 12911
Conservative 4455
Labour 4337
Other 1114

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19139
Nationalist 10815
Conservative 4421
Labour 2210
Right 977
Other 696

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13414
Nationalist 10347
Conservative 4123
Right 3829
Labour 3615
Other 2088

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 11623
Liberal 11519
Labour 8017
Conservative 7307
Other 699
Right 602

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15208
Conservative 8879
Liberal 6975
Labour 6317
Other 2726

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752878/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 16th May 2024