Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18390
Labour 18309
Liberal 5021
Left 273

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20396
Labour 18893
Liberal 3399

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22582
Labour 17251

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22536
Labour 17025

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19076
Labour 15545
Liberal 5165

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Right 18466
Labour 16966
Liberal 4304

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20938
Labour 16161
Liberal 4468

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19439
Labour 15284
Liberal 10158
Other 192

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 18518
Labour 15482
Liberal 8094

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22641
Labour 14281
Liberal 5673
Other 486

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25866
Liberal 14421
Labour 11218
Other 521

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26941
Liberal 14311
Labour 12669
Other 507

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28463
Labour 16081
Liberal 11288
Other 680

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22962
Conservative 19966
Liberal 7984
Other 1960

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20243
Conservative 18815
Liberal 4996
Other 1386
Right 580

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18608
Labour 18186
Liberal 7018
Right 2000
Other 1854

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24002
Labour 14058
Liberal 9890
Other 1477

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25269
Labour 15645
Right 4479
Other 3200
Liberal 1949

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27417
Labour 22736
Liberal 2202
Other 1040

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27437
Labour 21195
Liberal 3188
Other 2184

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742460/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024