Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21898
Conservative 8704
Liberal 6376

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22880
Conservative 13587

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18682
Conservative 12087

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19092
Conservative 12609

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18111
Conservative 11620

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18777
Conservative 9851

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18564
Conservative 11868
Other 658

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17111
Conservative 9817
Liberal 7773
Right 544

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17958
Conservative 8754
Liberal 5378

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17927
Conservative 12336
Liberal 4253
Other 334
Right 250
Left 198

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21355
Labour 15476
Liberal 10796
Left 194

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22772
Labour 14996
Liberal 11922

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22419
Labour 22153
Liberal 6706
Other 526

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27346
Conservative 17876
Liberal 6951
Other 1877
Right 512
Left 495

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21624
Conservative 15761
Liberal 6750
Other 1008
Right 471

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21097
Conservative 15638
Liberal 7616
Other 1560
Right 1122

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jul, 2009
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13591
Labour 6243
Right 5009
Liberal 4803
Other 4731

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17280
Labour 13379
Liberal 7783
Right 2625
Other 1506

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19052
Labour 14589
Right 5986
Other 2071
Liberal 1894

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21900
Labour 21393
Liberal 1480
Other 1122

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23397
Labour 18659
Liberal 2663
Other 1078
Right 488

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754085/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 31st October 2024