Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28480
Conservative 14840
Liberal 3978
Other 1397

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23836
Conservative 10565
Liberal 3891
Other 713

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19417
Conservative 11566
Liberal 5323
Other 950
Right 845

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21821
Conservative 12886
Liberal 7601
Right 1508
Other 1094

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24601
Conservative 12916
Right 5068
Other 2439
Liberal 1362

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33519
Conservative 13814
Right 1094
Liberal 1001
Other 763

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30195
Conservative 13778
Other 3125
Liberal 2969

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Dec, 2022
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12828
Conservative 2922
Other 1935
Liberal 659
Left 74

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747240/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024