Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15950
Labour 14623
Left 9630
Nationalist 1312

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21893
Conservative 17513
Left 5590
Nationalist 1065

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24143
Conservative 16817
Liberal 4827
Nationalist 1301

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25115
Conservative 9867
Liberal 4968
Other 1662
Nationalist 1649

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19423
Conservative 9377
Liberal 5330
Nationalist 2653
Other 223

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16410
Conservative 9887
Liberal 7949
Nationalist 2527
Other 595
Right 491

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13931
Conservative 11668
Liberal 8658
Nationalist 2269
Right 1821

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14624
Conservative 12697
Right 5977
Nationalist 2784
Liberal 1648
Other 1605
Left 118

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21913
Conservative 17213
Nationalist 1783
Liberal 919
Right 781
Other 646

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18193
Labour 17036
Other 2626
Liberal 2368
Nationalist 2013

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748498/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 22nd May 2024