Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22319
Liberal 13005
Labour 7423
Right 875
Other 834

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20790
Liberal 10129
Labour 8422
Right 828

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov, 1977
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15235
Labour 3684
Liberal 3212
Other 1169
Right 725

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25808
Labour 7553
Liberal 6738
Other 1104

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25176
Liberal 13760
Labour 4026
Right 3644
Other 498

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30925
Liberal 16242
Labour 5885

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30820
Liberal 15998
Labour 7541
Other 329

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17997
Liberal 13655
Labour 9181
Other 1808
Right 791

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15501
Liberal 12067
Labour 7107
Right 1124

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16925
Liberal 11681
Labour 7191
Right 1802

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21320
Liberal 13592
Labour 5836
Right 3027
Other 249

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22060
Labour 7448
Right 7401
Other 4166
Liberal 3752

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25221
Labour 17284
Liberal 3168
Other 1540
Right 1405

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24926
Labour 16120
Liberal 5418
Other 2810

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745035/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024