Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1192
Conservative 664

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1112
Liberal 1047

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jun, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1075
Conservative 888

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1194
Liberal 1188

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jul, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 621
Liberal 615

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1316
Conservative 1215

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Jun, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1353
Liberal 1087

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Aug, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1292
Liberal 550
Left 473

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1490
Liberal 708
Left 546

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1534
Liberal 1507

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1497
Conservative 1489

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1760
Liberal 1252

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1896
Conservative 1684

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4516
Conservative 2044

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5886
Liberal 4828

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jan, 1877
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2213

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jan, 1878
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1607

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6121
Liberal 6099

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3266
Conservative 2816

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7572
Conservative 7366

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Apr, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7349
Liberal 7262

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7349
Liberal 7262

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8627
Liberal 7942

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8646
Conservative 8512

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8840
Conservative 8734

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12686
Conservative 8823

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12078
Conservative 11335

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11722
Conservative 10856

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd May, 1914
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6406
Liberal 5874
Left 395

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13553
Labour 8143
Liberal 3663

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17134
Labour 14924

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15824
Conservative 15364

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19621
Labour 15791

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18527
Labour 17592
Liberal 10559

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29782
Labour 17490

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28528
Labour 21278

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Feb, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27604
Conservative 24443

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26296
Conservative 18177
Liberal 8819

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29386
Conservative 24993
Liberal 8340

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33463
Conservative 29227

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32306
Conservative 28724

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Oct, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26898
Conservative 19161
Liberal 12587

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25858
Conservative 22623
Liberal 14359

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24648
Conservative 22216
Liberal 14755
Other 349

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30313
Conservative 23440
Liberal 6200
Other 769

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27704
Labour 27691
Liberal 5147
Other 2322

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29893
Labour 29634
Liberal 11857
Other 1161

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 31566
Conservative 29833
Liberal 8295

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 34444
Conservative 30703
Liberal 5772
Right 449
Left 115

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22191
Conservative 21114
Liberal 7220
Right 235

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23328
Labour 22454
Left 6770

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23680
Conservative 23415
Liberal 6159
Other 772

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25484
Conservative 15048
Liberal 5881
Other 1744
Right 208

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19952
Conservative 11871
Liberal 5904
Right 624
Left 522

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Nov, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11881
Conservative 7794
Liberal 6146
Other 1156
Right 276
Left 152

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18336
Conservative 13004
Liberal 8464
Right 1134
Other 940

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18371
Labour 16292
Liberal 8556
Right 2635
Other 1087

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21794
Labour 18061
Right 5703
Other 1736
Liberal 1400

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24235
Conservative 23399
Right 1372
Liberal 1187
Other 961

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24952
Labour 19473
Other 2715
Liberal 2439

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, Ipswich PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744122/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 12th May 2024