Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17401
Labour 16216
Liberal 4832

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20319
Labour 18742

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20317
Labour 18242

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20682
Labour 16844
Left 2707

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th May, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19554
Labour 17884
Liberal 4281

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21118
Labour 17170
Liberal 6881

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21429
Labour 18832
Liberal 7730

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28475
Labour 20442
Liberal 6210

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27878
Labour 17980
Liberal 16753

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 24842
Labour 17821
Liberal 15851

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 32439
Labour 16351
Liberal 14059
Other 713
Nationalist 142

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33644
Left 18020
Labour 10468
Nationalist 234

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36372
Liberal 18542
Labour 11487

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39090
Liberal 20340
Labour 13060
Other 808

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25710
Liberal 15928
Labour 14551
Other 3225
Right 622

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25159
Labour 13263
Liberal 11756
Right 1521
Other 1078

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27253
Liberal 14059
Labour 12519
Right 2315

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25519
Liberal 12514
Labour 4711
Right 2076
Other 1520

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28295
Right 7544
Labour 6360
Liberal 3954
Other 2853

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31744
Labour 10608
Liberal 4706
Right 1706
Other 1606
Nationalist 223

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32150
Liberal 8157
Labour 7838
Other 2809

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756884/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th April 2024