Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22303
Liberal 14426
Labour 8237
Right 1879

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19053
Liberal 14605
Labour 8153
Right 2344

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28730
Liberal 11685
Labour 8041
Right 252

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32762
Liberal 16446
Labour 3808

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36781
Liberal 17986
Labour 5451

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40482
Liberal 16341
Labour 8766
Other 818

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24436
Labour 14078
Liberal 10234
Other 3429

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21389
Labour 14380
Liberal 8503
Right 1175

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24151
Labour 12449
Liberal 10551
Right 1425

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30037
Liberal 12945
Labour 7719
Right 2235
Other 1409

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30689
Right 8427
Labour 7800
Liberal 4814
Other 2970

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35915
Labour 14360
Liberal 3896
Right 1541
Other 1302

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36459
Labour 10373
Liberal 8006
Other 2412

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738870/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th May 2024