Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24147
Labour 19807
Liberal 4786

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26060
Labour 20909

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25610
Labour 19508

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27024
Labour 19832

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Mar, 1961
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15087
Labour 11490
Liberal 11435

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24345
Labour 17038
Liberal 6448

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25398
Labour 22057

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29717
Labour 21275

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27377
Labour 19910
Liberal 12724

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25183
Labour 20194
Liberal 9888

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30194
Labour 18605
Liberal 8886
Other 707
Right 450

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24381
Left 13510
Labour 11208
Right 208

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25504
Labour 15051
Left 12386

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27883
Labour 21731
Liberal 9561
Other 935

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25848
Conservative 18423
Liberal 6462
Right 886

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21478
Conservative 15712
Liberal 5578
Right 1442

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19421
Conservative 16277
Liberal 7557
Right 2093
Other 1040

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19358
Labour 16376
Liberal 9525
Right 2579
Other 1136

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22534
Labour 16888
Right 6378
Other 2093
Liberal 1677
Left 153

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24731
Labour 22223
Liberal 1757
Other 1358
Right 1354

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25856
Labour 19098
Liberal 3666
Other 2278

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752027/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 14th May 2024