Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24428
Labour 13310
Liberal 12815
Right 1545
Other 640

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21412
Labour 12375
Liberal 8180
Right 1264

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23583
Labour 10241
Liberal 9368
Right 1475
Other 1470

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun, 2006
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11621
Liberal 10988
Right 2823
Labour 1925
Other 1695

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23569
Liberal 9669
Labour 7295
Right 2521
Other 983

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23343
Labour 9779
Right 6285
Liberal 2836
Other 1823

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25175
Labour 15585
Liberal 3369
Right 1383
Other 1150

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23958
Labour 13067
Liberal 6621
Other 1920

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, Bromley and Chislehurst BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739187/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 31st October 2024