Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35823
Liberal 18899
Labour 10787

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 32109
Liberal 15819
Labour 11471

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

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Apr, 1978
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28242
Labour 7314
Liberal 5673
Other 2350
Right 823

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39104
Liberal 12746
Labour 11315

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30737
Liberal 13542
Labour 6587

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33145
Liberal 12384
Labour 7751

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32861
Liberal 12840
Labour 8577
Other 334

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24717
Labour 13192
Liberal 12380
Other 2882
Right 544
Left 466

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22430
Labour 12350
Liberal 10316
Right 1547

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27146
Liberal 10699
Labour 10265
Right 1769

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30868
Liberal 14734
Labour 6538
Right 2549
Other 266

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33309
Labour 8866
Right 7117
Liberal 5002
Other 2849

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35313
Labour 14838
Liberal 7401
Other 1714

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31819
Liberal 13946
Labour 10226
Other 3460

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, Epsom and Ewell BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745746/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024