Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13240
Labour 4115
Liberal 3930

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10459
Liberal 8538
Labour 5742

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12269
Conservative 10428
Labour 4158

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11115
Conservative 10534
Labour 6350

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15233
Conservative 10688
Labour 7428

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Right 23459
Labour 9039

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Right 20852
Labour 9756

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13395
Right 11382

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30812
Right 27329
Liberal 2766

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32158
Right 29768

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 24821
Labour 24721
Liberal 3100

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Right 28481
Labour 22027

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24241
Labour 20615

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22760
Labour 22441

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21843
Labour 20471

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15819
Conservative 15382
Liberal 6298

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17398
Conservative 15139
Liberal 3953
Left 312

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16545
Conservative 15544
Liberal 2360
Right 243
Other 203

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Left 20843
Conservative 15907
Labour 9845
Right 364
Other 51

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 21039
Conservative 14569
Labour 14166

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24953
Conservative 17541
Liberal 6315
Other 2407

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31629
Conservative 12562
Liberal 5570
Other 1724
Right 478

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24322
Conservative 11289
Liberal 4513
Right 958
Left 637

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18612
Conservative 10509
Liberal 8000
Right 3324
Other 1123
Left 445

More information about the 2005 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, Plymouth Devonport BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737506/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 06th June 2024