Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36880
Nationalist 6739
Conservative 4111
Liberal 3056
Left 1374

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 38654
Nationalist 4173
Conservative 3739
Liberal 2142
Left 1404

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 38007
Conservative 6526
Nationalist 4226
Left 1819

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29448
Left 9428
Nationalist 4845
Conservative 3973

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34857
Left 4804
Nationalist 4261
Conservative 3612

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34243
Nationalist 5427
Conservative 3588
Liberal 2431
Left 245

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30381
Nationalist 5450
Liberal 2307
Conservative 1551
Other 1118

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23230
Nationalist 7183
Conservative 1557
Liberal 1525
Other 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 21198
Nationalist 4956
Liberal 3264
Conservative 1730

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17183
Nationalist 5630
Liberal 3309
Other 2599
Conservative 1993
Right 358

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15976
Nationalist 8521
Right 3998
Conservative 2116
Liberal 474
Other 453

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21096
Nationalist 7350
Conservative 3333
Right 880
Liberal 277

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16115
Conservative 4675
Other 4171
Nationalist 4069
Liberal 612

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735595/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st May 2024