Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22422
Liberal 9704
Labour 5116

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24350
Liberal 8076
Labour 6762

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24450
Labour 8751
Liberal 6438
Right 733
Other 148

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21608
Labour 18039
Liberal 8284
Other 2556
Right 904

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19130
Labour 15785
Liberal 5792
Right 1426

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22191
Labour 12271
Liberal 6564
Right 3242
Other 304

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24625
Labour 8768
Liberal 6996
Right 3664
Other 1439

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24682
Labour 8879
Right 8746
Other 2797
Liberal 1644

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29545
Labour 14079
Right 1943
Liberal 1572
Other 903

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29786
Labour 10834
Liberal 3822
Other 1703

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Dec, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11189
Labour 6711
Other 3002
Liberal 647
Right 184

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, Old Bexley and Sidcup BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736733/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024