Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18756
Conservative 16919
Left 6722

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20999
Conservative 19105
Left 4052
Other 319

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22328
Conservative 19889
Liberal 3508
Other 148

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24077
Conservative 12081
Liberal 3814
Other 1036
Left 389

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17991
Conservative 13027
Liberal 3732

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17033
Conservative 10713
Liberal 3880
Other 1396
Right 735

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19699
Conservative 15866
Liberal 4365
Right 2468
Other 389

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16750
Conservative 14186
Right 6148
Liberal 1368
Other 1179

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13748
Labour 11601
Liberal 2252
Right 2025
Other 1442

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21062
Labour 19367
Liberal 1404
Right 1094

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22856
Labour 17014
Liberal 1888
Other 765

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745382/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 16th May 2024