Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26005
Right 21658
Left 1093

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26668
Right 22863

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Jul, 1952
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22161
Right 14035
Nationalist 2931
Other 290

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25646
Right 21606

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26263
Right 22082

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26062
Right 21499

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25530
Conservative 19804

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22630
Conservative 19832
Nationalist 4181
Other 176

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Mar, 1973
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14411
Nationalist 13270
Conservative 11089
Liberal 3653
Left 1409
Other 182

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20066
Labour 17100
Conservative 13371
Other 220

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22120
Labour 15137
Conservative 7784
Liberal 1302

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20497
Labour 17978
Conservative 9072
Liberal 2317
Left 95

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20276
Labour 15260
Conservative 7172
Liberal 3546

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19539
Nationalist 18524
Conservative 5938
Liberal 2143

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18761
Nationalist 14197
Conservative 7549
Liberal 1725
Other 372

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20718
Nationalist 10757
Conservative 6397
Liberal 1677
Other 747
Left 232

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14635
Nationalist 10169
Conservative 3900
Liberal 2784
Left 879

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 14708
Labour 14325
Conservative 5061
Liberal 4498
Left 537
Right 292
Other 119

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15350
Labour 13529
Conservative 6177
Liberal 4285
Other 542
Right 431
Left 254

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 28765
Labour 9603
Conservative 7206
Liberal 1387
Other 1120
Left 104

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18391
Conservative 11746
Labour 11176
Liberal 1615

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 24361
Conservative 10986
Labour 6045
Liberal 3573
Other 312

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, Dundee East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745576/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024