Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19395
Nationalist 8731
Liberal 4728
Conservative 2651
Other 716
Left 705
Right 440

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Nov, 2008
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19946
Nationalist 13209
Conservative 1381
Liberal 947
Other 383
Left 212
Right 117

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25247
Nationalist 8799
Liberal 3108
Conservative 2922
Right 425

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 28459
Labour 14562
Conservative 3685
Liberal 892

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 17291
Labour 14024
Conservative 7876
Liberal 1208

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21234
Labour 9477
Conservative 6920
Liberal 2639
Other 1276

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797758/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th September 2024