Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 17153
Left 14842
Nationalist 14280

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19814
Other 14774
Left 13942

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 22628
Nationalist 16910
Left 3949

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18050
Other 14013
Left 5212

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16807
Other 15234
Left 6444
Conservative 169

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22060
Other 15791
Left 5635

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 2018
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16346
Other 13249
Left 6254

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 17312
Nationalist 16544
Left 7330

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, West Tyrone CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12747640/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024