Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23606
Liberal 10936
Labour 6386
Right 203

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24903
Liberal 11439
Labour 7888

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26323
Labour 11038
Liberal 8681
Other 243

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23084
Labour 18131
Liberal 10578
Other 1663
Right 894

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Nov, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13162
Labour 11935
Liberal 6194
Other 350
Right 267

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20618
Labour 15659
Liberal 7542
Other 961
Right 782

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22183
Labour 13782
Liberal 10862
Right 1301
Other 836

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27597
Liberal 9813
Labour 6893
Right 2552
Other 831

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27955
Labour 9484
Right 6108
Liberal 3378
Other 1878

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30632
Labour 15545
Liberal 4073
Other 1380

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27282
Labour 13024
Liberal 8194
Other 2055

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, Beckenham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757505/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 11th May 2024