Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32042
Right 14117
Liberal 8287
Nationalist 960

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33759
Right 19124
Nationalist 1997

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Mar, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23402
Right 12476
Nationalist 4572

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27945
Right 16286
Nationalist 5139

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30101
Right 17144
Nationalist 6579

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30478
Right 17240
Nationalist 4673

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30039
Right 12596
Liberal 6351
Nationalist 2297

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31089
Conservative 15649
Liberal 5067
Nationalist 2894

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27384
Conservative 14301
Liberal 14297
Nationalist 2624

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 28885
Liberal 12519
Conservative 12251
Nationalist 2859

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30405
Conservative 18256
Liberal 11389
Nationalist 1740

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16120
Conservative 15696
Liberal 13974
Nationalist 1239

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22144
Conservative 17992
Liberal 9808
Nationalist 539

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24830
Conservative 18114
Liberal 7074
Nationalist 1415

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20450
Conservative 8688
Liberal 4833
Other 1281
Nationalist 1170

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15934
Conservative 6746
Liberal 5153
Nationalist 1783
Right 432

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13993
Liberal 7174
Conservative 6079
Nationalist 1744
Right 919
Other 476

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12161
Liberal 8503
Conservative 8375
Nationalist 2029
Right 1908

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12181
Conservative 10350
Right 5072
Nationalist 2501
Liberal 1735
Other 880

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17153
Conservative 15321
Nationalist 1753
Liberal 865

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15199
Labour 13068
Nationalist 2151
Other 1667
Liberal 1447

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754735/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 11th May 2024