Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24975
Left 22255

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28435
Labour 21122
Nationalist 2688

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33274
Nationalist 24177

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31113
Nationalist 22006

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34060
Nationalist 20313

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1943
Party Votes Outcome
Left 19936
Conservative 14426
Right 7551
Nationalist 1250

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Left 30787
Conservative 26729

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33917
Labour 30539
Nationalist 1482

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Nov, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31796
Labour 30883

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33174
Conservative 33149

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34191
Labour 16050
Nationalist 8447

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28898
Labour 20062
Nationalist 4416

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21337
Left 14678
Labour 12571
Nationalist 3256

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Left 26292
Conservative 24281

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Left 30649
Conservative 27451

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 23036
Left 22642
Labour 1989

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Left 25571
Other 18955

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Left 18764
Other 13985
Labour 540

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Left 23153
Nationalist 16379
Other 4834

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16862
Left 16460
Other 7646

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Left 18165
Nationalist 16826
Other 4979

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 25662
Left 17753
Other 2470

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27096
Left 8490
Other 5396

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 24348
Other 5164
Left 5033

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22840
Left 5261
Other 4032

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 2011
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16211
Other 3652
Left 3088

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19163
Other 11295
Left 4072
Right 765
Conservative 34

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27107
Other 10318
Left 3208

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20866
Other 14931
Left 2985

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, Belfast West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12744780/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024