Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26894
Conservative 10693
Liberal 5434
Other 1406
Left 1311

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20441
Conservative 7076
Right 6552
Liberal 4975
Other 918

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18452
Conservative 7998
Liberal 7519
Right 3593

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19503
Conservative 10151
Liberal 8193
Right 4436
Left 627

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23630
Right 8892
Conservative 8187
Liberal 1589
Other 839

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17209
Right 6487
Conservative 2596
Liberal 1024
Other 390

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29846
Conservative 12648
Right 1899
Liberal 956
Other 439

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24579
Conservative 13452
Other 4530
Liberal 1484
Right 389

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, Oldham West and Royton BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739590/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th May 2024