Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34100
Labour 15254
Liberal 9907

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39287
Labour 17532

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27326
Labour 8866
Liberal 6375

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jan, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14493
Liberal 6314
Labour 5280

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27612
Liberal 10577
Labour 9219

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25555
Liberal 14548
Labour 10423

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25713
Labour 13856
Liberal 10958

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29304
Labour 12419
Liberal 7077

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25040
Liberal 19885
Labour 8720

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 23480
Liberal 16409
Labour 9451

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 29449
Liberal 12585
Labour 8341
Right 680

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26360
Liberal 18327
Labour 3675

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28003
Liberal 19603
Labour 3899

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27319
Liberal 15912
Labour 6139
Other 578

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18029
Liberal 15414
Labour 10600
Other 1835
Right 636

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17313
Labour 9372
Liberal 9319
Right 1371

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18408
Liberal 9449
Labour 9072
Other 1552
Right 1349

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20086
Liberal 12816
Labour 5850
Right 3047
Other 1807

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22175
Labour 8154
Right 7803
Liberal 4129
Other 2248

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26046
Labour 16046
Liberal 2110
Right 1666
Other 1323

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27555
Labour 13096
Liberal 5312
Other 574

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Feb, 2022
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12792
Other 1666
Right 400

This was a by-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, Southend West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747123/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th May 2024