Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24077
Labour 21651

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30471
Labour 21689

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32602
Labour 24532

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30161
Labour 26280

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35545
Labour 24196

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20775
Conservative 19195
Liberal 6038

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20917
Conservative 16255
Liberal 5031
Right 1226
Other 150

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22539
Conservative 20951
Right 795

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21735
Conservative 21033
Left 6586
Right 632

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22629
Conservative 21513
Liberal 6241

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24133
Conservative 20955
Liberal 4132
Other 840

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25024
Conservative 13712
Liberal 2698
Other 1811

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20574
Conservative 10643
Liberal 2365
Right 974
Left 343

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17633
Conservative 9687
Right 3609
Liberal 3240
Other 1146

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16211
Conservative 14456
Liberal 5880
Right 3449
Other 886

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19740
Conservative 13733
Right 6540
Other 1149
Liberal 676

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25286
Conservative 16394
Right 1805
Liberal 587

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20872
Conservative 17416
Other 2582
Liberal 1602

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748152/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th July 2024