Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 33023
Conservative 29721

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 33094
Conservative 29701

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 29737
Conservative 29477

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 30392
Conservative 29586

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th May, 1956
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 30545
Right 28605

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33093
Nationalist 14170

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29715
Nationalist 22810
Labour 5053

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29728
Nationalist 27168

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Apr, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Other 33648
Conservative 29437

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Other 38708
Conservative 31810

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Left 36044
Other 30637

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 33976
Other 30552

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Other 32730
Left 20680
Nationalist 12055

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 24975
Nationalist 16096
Left 12810

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 23695
Nationalist 13998
Left 13712

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Other 24850
Left 14777
Nationalist 12449

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26847
Left 17279
Nationalist 10248
Labour 389

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20294
Other 19170
Left 11205

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 25502
Other 15549
Left 8885

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21641
Other 15863
Left 7922

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21239
Other 13777
Left 5826

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Mar, 2013
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 17462
Other 13268
Left 6478
Right 0

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19935
Other 14453
Left 5551
Right 863
Conservative 120

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 25455
Other 16676
Left 4563

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20473
Other 17763
Left 6384

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, Mid Ulster CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12746453/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024