Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30945
Conservative 9049
Liberal 4895

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32586
Conservative 12511

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28881
Conservative 11718

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29853
Conservative 13896

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29533
Conservative 11859

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30840
Conservative 10325

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28414
Conservative 8205
Liberal 6871
Nationalist 5059

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28028
Conservative 11406
Liberal 9889
Nationalist 4612

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 29302
Conservative 10528
Liberal 8050
Nationalist 3917

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 32801
Conservative 17114
Liberal 6228
Nationalist 2200

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20188
Left 11444
Conservative 10139
Nationalist 2065
Other 449

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26422
Conservative 9135
Left 8865
Nationalist 2498

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1989
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20549
Nationalist 9755
Conservative 5212
Liberal 1500
Left 1438
Other 57

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29722
Conservative 9925
Nationalist 4448
Liberal 4180
Other 615

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29290
Liberal 6161
Conservative 5910
Nationalist 2977
Other 959
Left 558

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22963
Nationalist 5279
Conservative 5096
Liberal 4152
Right 603
Other 216

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20919
Liberal 7728
Conservative 5321
Nationalist 4420
Right 1013
Left 233

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14220
Liberal 11435
Conservative 5932
Nationalist 2673
Right 1229
Other 726
Left 456

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15554
Conservative 6569
Right 5085
Liberal 4904
Nationalist 4348
Other 992
Left 430

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22103
Conservative 10655
Nationalist 4102
Liberal 1963
Right 1071

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17381
Conservative 11494
Other 5195
Nationalist 4990

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738638/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 09th May 2024