Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25458
Labour 18600
Left 10983

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26500
Labour 25147
Left 8972

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30120
Conservative 28051
Liberal 4884
Other 882

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33022
Conservative 15903
Liberal 3938
Other 1866

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23404
Conservative 13761
Liberal 4966
Other 840

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20746
Conservative 14662
Liberal 6059
Right 871
Other 817

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21883
Conservative 17540
Liberal 6573
Right 1775
Other 702

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24474
Conservative 16114
Right 6058
Other 1732
Liberal 1298

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32030
Conservative 20341
Liberal 1069
Other 949

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27458
Conservative 19122
Other 3523
Liberal 2560

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 2023
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14068
Conservative 5742
Other 1853
Liberal 918

This was a by-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, West Lancashire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755466/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024