Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 17041
Left 5438
Nationalist 5019
Right 920

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Nov, 2009
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12231
Nationalist 4120
Other 1483
Conservative 1075
Right 1013
Liberal 474
Left 199

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20100
Nationalist 4158
Liberal 2262
Conservative 1569
Right 798
Left 522

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21976
Labour 12754
Conservative 1769
Other 840
Liberal 300
Left 218

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13637
Nationalist 13395
Conservative 4106
Liberal 637

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15911
Labour 13363
Conservative 3558
Liberal 1093

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797606/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 12th May 2024