Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26767
Labour 13294
Liberal 7394

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30485
Labour 15942

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27357
Labour 16275

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jun, 1958
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21271
Labour 11295
Liberal 10588

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27881
Labour 10977
Liberal 9609

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27143
Labour 12248
Liberal 11771

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27733
Labour 15340
Liberal 10173

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29211
Liberal 8739
Labour 6504

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33816
Labour 14473
Liberal 10120

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33838
Liberal 20237
Labour 13542

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 31028
Liberal 18169
Labour 14057
Other 296

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 40618
Liberal 16305
Labour 14420

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27948
Liberal 18457
Labour 5781

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28547
Left 20549
Labour 6584
Other 2067

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30022
Liberal 24680
Labour 6913
Other 1262

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21407
Conservative 20133
Labour 9557
Other 2280

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 18424
Conservative 18086
Labour 9235
Right 650
Other 285

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19804
Liberal 17725
Labour 9169
Right 1985
Other 412

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23356
Liberal 20665
Labour 5772
Right 2504
Other 419

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25203
Labour 9594
Right 9366
Liberal 5486
Other 2903

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29982
Labour 18438
Liberal 5175
Right 1932
Other 888

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31983
Labour 14862
Liberal 6935
Other 1834

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741110/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024