Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Apr, 1921
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14920
Labour 5759
Liberal 2658

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14013
Labour 6836

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20622
Labour 6749

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22328
Labour 9936

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27772
Labour 6323

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22408
Labour 8670

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Apr, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17850
Left 2401

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20072
Labour 11562

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25052
Labour 17263
Liberal 2148

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28787
Labour 23136

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23975
Labour 15130

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24338
Labour 17072

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18089
Conservative 17793
Liberal 4670

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21257
Conservative 19282

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Mar, 1967
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14270
Labour 12069
Nationalist 10884
Liberal 735
Left 694

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19311
Conservative 18708
Nationalist 3733

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21090
Conservative 17684
Nationalist 6584
Left 377

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 18695
Conservative 11604
Nationalist 10441
Liberal 2274

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 21420
Conservative 12928
Nationalist 4187
Liberal 3946
Right 869
Other 104

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18973
Conservative 7441
Liberal 6308
Nationalist 3585

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23239
Conservative 5256
Liberal 4445
Nationalist 3528
Other 362

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14170
Left 6287
Conservative 5147
Nationalist 5107
Liberal 1932

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19653
Nationalist 5862
Left 4019
Conservative 1979
Liberal 1137
Other 152

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15497
Nationalist 4229
Left 2522
Liberal 1612
Conservative 1417

More information about the 2001 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 Pollok BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736290/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 07th May 2024