Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26058
Conservative 16882
Liberal 5746
Other 1787

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21032
Conservative 15412
Liberal 5080
Right 894

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18889
Conservative 16247
Liberal 6437
Right 2016

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18939
Labour 14641
Liberal 8192
Right 3194

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21026
Labour 13133
Right 8356
Liberal 1346
Other 1013
Left 215

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27321
Labour 16921
Right 2022
Liberal 1110
Other 470

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31969
Labour 10551
Liberal 2535
Other 1284

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736850/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th May 2024