Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17160
Conservative 7826
Liberal 5932
Right 1226
Left 532

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 16525
Conservative 5972
Liberal 3796
Right 1044
Left 577

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 14688
Conservative 9467
Liberal 3033
Right 860
Left 440

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18989
Conservative 10444
Liberal 5746
Other 492
Left 426
Right 396

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18912
Conservative 11234
Left 7446
Other 1225

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20083
Conservative 9356
Liberal 3996
Other 1289

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21110
Conservative 5483
Liberal 3306
Other 2483

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18081
Conservative 4430
Liberal 4170
Other 2184
Left 756

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14268
Liberal 6841
Conservative 4218
Other 3757
Left 296

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25553
Liberal 11092
Conservative 6759
Other 3057

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31357
Other 7502
Conservative 7349
Liberal 2492
Right 1085
Left 102

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42265
Conservative 7126
Liberal 3817
Other 3090

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39972
Conservative 6784
Other 5825
Liberal 4283

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, Hackney North and Stoke Newington BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742939/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 13th May 2024