Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17516
Conservative 12419
Labour 11424
Other 900
Nationalist 622

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13824
Conservative 13073
Labour 8024
Nationalist 1301
Other 842
Right 452

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17182
Conservative 13277
Labour 5755
Nationalist 1404
Right 723

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17929
Conservative 14182
Labour 4096
Nationalist 989
Right 876
Other 773

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16453
Liberal 11351
Labour 5904
Right 3338
Nationalist 1767
Other 1261

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20081
Liberal 12043
Labour 7335
Nationalist 1299
Right 576

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Aug, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13826
Conservative 12401
Other 3665
Labour 1680
Right 242

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21958
Liberal 14827
Labour 3944
Other 590

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, Brecon and Radnorshire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748486/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 21st May 2024