Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8579
Conservative 7398
Labour 5510

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 9278
Conservative 8476
Labour 8401

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9260
Liberal 9145
Conservative 8238

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10033
Labour 9188
Conservative 8324

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13268
Liberal 12625
Conservative 6794

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Right 20603
Labour 14587

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Right 18784
Labour 16703

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18098
Right 13089

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26273
Right 22608

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26061
Conservative 23901

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22647
Conservative 21626

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24043
Labour 23640

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23019
Conservative 20382
Liberal 4672

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26703
Conservative 20650

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24622
Conservative 21384
Nationalist 3033

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22124
Conservative 18786
Liberal 8248
Nationalist 1859

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22565
Conservative 17729
Liberal 6842
Nationalist 1778

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24175
Conservative 23774
Liberal 3484
Nationalist 1012

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18042
Conservative 15692
Left 8036
Nationalist 795
Other 265

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22089
Conservative 15027
Liberal 7019
Nationalist 902
Other 469

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23238
Conservative 13760
Liberal 4620
Nationalist 1668
Other 564

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22748
Conservative 8289
Liberal 5872
Nationalist 2675
Left 885

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15644
Conservative 6094
Liberal 5313
Nationalist 3404
Right 653
Other 626
Left 366

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13833
Liberal 9564
Conservative 5285
Nationalist 2150
Other 1357
Right 609
Left 288

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12335
Liberal 11831
Conservative 7407
Right 1626
Nationalist 1437
Other 778
Left 179

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14967
Conservative 7931
Right 4744
Liberal 3178
Nationalist 2266
Other 1862
Left 208

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22278
Conservative 11680
Nationalist 1529
Liberal 1269
Other 434
Left 92

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18493
Conservative 10377
Liberal 2993
Nationalist 1984
Other 1983

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, Swansea West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747299/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024