Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10381
Labour 8122
Nationalist 6710
Conservative 3148
Other 599
Right 212

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9041
Labour 6297
Nationalist 5273
Conservative 3513
Left 544
Other 199

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13957
Labour 5789
Nationalist 3686
Conservative 2835
Other 848
Left 548

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11907
Labour 7081
Nationalist 5516
Conservative 3744
Other 520

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15831
Liberal 11987
Labour 3061
Conservative 2326
Right 981

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11061
Nationalist 9017
Conservative 6990
Labour 3833

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11705
Nationalist 11501
Conservative 5176
Labour 1936
Other 1139

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, Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753421/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024