Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15665
Conservative 12668
Left 10910
Right 645

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18454
Conservative 15985
Left 7088

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22029
Conservative 15295
Liberal 4824

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1994
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15474
Conservative 2130
Right 1968
Liberal 1804
Other 116

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23759
Conservative 6705
Liberal 2704
Other 1943
Right 900
Left 152

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15784
Conservative 7091
Liberal 2820
Right 1378
Left 507

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15446
Conservative 7841
Right 4448
Liberal 3106

More information about the 2005 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, Dagenham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756331/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024