Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28386
Right 23685
Liberal 986

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29020
Liberal 25714
Left 1508

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26082
Right 24208
Left 1335

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25857
Right 25143
Left 1086

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Nov, 1963
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22449
Right 17494
Nationalist 3285
Left 1170

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27090
Right 22473
Left 1228

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26705
Conservative 18345
Liberal 3454
Left 1217

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26271
Conservative 19449
Nationalist 4441
Left 809

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22193
Conservative 15745
Nationalist 12959
Left 673

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 19480
Nationalist 16678
Conservative 8769
Liberal 2195
Left 381

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23654
Nationalist 13197
Conservative 12892
Left 316

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20288
Conservative 10138
Left 7976
Nationalist 7973
Other 302

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24916
Conservative 8390
Nationalist 7164
Left 6230

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20498
Nationalist 9894
Conservative 7746
Liberal 3132
Other 591

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20875
Nationalist 9016
Conservative 5105
Liberal 2972
Left 428
Other 411

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14787
Nationalist 7987
Conservative 2656
Liberal 2620
Left 1192

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16468
Nationalist 11089
Liberal 5323
Conservative 3062
Left 994

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17994
Nationalist 10716
Liberal 4233
Conservative 3461
Other 365
Left 357

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27684
Labour 10592
Conservative 3852
Other 1225
Liberal 1057
Left 304

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 18045
Labour 12783
Conservative 6257
Liberal 1189
Other 403

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22355
Labour 10096
Conservative 5149
Liberal 2468
Other 1511

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, Dundee West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745588/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024