Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25774
Labour 19054

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24950
Labour 16594

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21443
Labour 16232

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16533
Labour 15756
Liberal 4333

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18281
Labour 16758

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19705
Labour 16823
Liberal 9718

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17320
Conservative 16994
Liberal 7850

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 23175
Labour 18400
Liberal 5452
Right 401
Other 190

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23008
Labour 17612
Left 10613

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23305
Labour 20721
Liberal 8128
Other 611

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25430
Conservative 23370
Liberal 5679
Other 713
Left 84

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28121
Conservative 14033
Liberal 6121
Other 1858
Left 417

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21015
Conservative 10676
Liberal 6532
Other 1309
Right 568

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19226
Conservative 10375
Liberal 9591
Other 1581
Right 967

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17950
Conservative 14468
Liberal 10371
Right 2951
Other 823

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21584
Conservative 13137
Right 5755
Liberal 2517
Other 2301

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30836
Conservative 15629
Liberal 1644
Other 876

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27714
Conservative 15300
Other 3284
Liberal 3169

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, Birmingham Selly Oak BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744870/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024