Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3764
Liberal 3155

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3581
Liberal 2612

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4057
Liberal 3414

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5546
Liberal 5465

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6181
Liberal 5965

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5788
Liberal 5593

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Dec, 1916
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13405
Liberal 9173

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12119
Labour 5506
Liberal 5383

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15446
Labour 8807

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Jul, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9417
Labour 5393
Liberal 2715

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18920
Labour 12133

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26857
Labour 7807

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21298
Labour 10346

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th May, 1939
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16033
Labour 9939

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15874
Labour 13009
Liberal 2614
Left 2253

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Right 28159
Labour 11444
Liberal 3641

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Right 29016
Labour 11988

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 30069
Labour 15330

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Right 28747
Labour 11938
Liberal 5119

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23719
Labour 11635
Liberal 7807

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21593
Labour 13663
Liberal 6799

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25134
Labour 12884
Liberal 2972

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29062
Labour 16149
Liberal 14160

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 26083
Labour 15419
Liberal 11724

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 31436
Labour 16502
Liberal 8982
Right 300

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26851
Liberal 15077
Labour 10463
Right 656

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25649
Liberal 18012
Labour 11290
Other 459

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24693
Liberal 17952
Labour 10930
Other 574
Left 99

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23345
Conservative 15074
Labour 6147
Other 913

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21203
Conservative 11856
Labour 4758
Right 429

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20710
Conservative 12028
Labour 5110
Other 1772
Right 807

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 27324
Conservative 12040
Labour 8228
Other 2348
Right 1195

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22215
Labour 19862
Conservative 7544
Right 3575
Other 2285

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21881
Liberal 19756
Conservative 13561
Right 929
Other 823
Left 70

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19709
Liberal 18997
Conservative 14696
Other 3315
Right 168

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, Sheffield Hallam PBDivCon/CCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755041/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st May 2024