Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25112
Conservative 11681
Right 3107

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 23336
Conservative 8537
Liberal 3619
Right 2022

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 23791
Conservative 14323
Right 1351

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18896
Conservative 12257
Left 6094

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19925
Conservative 14672
Left 4877

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22251
Conservative 14421
Liberal 3925

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 36696

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Nov, 2000
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9640
Conservative 6408
Liberal 1791
Right 1040

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19352
Conservative 7997
Liberal 2168
Right 1927
Left 396

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18951
Conservative 8057
Right 4326
Liberal 3583

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16263
Conservative 10612
Right 4960
Liberal 4336

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16578
Right 8836
Conservative 8365
Other 697
Liberal 550

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18789
Conservative 14329
Right 2320
Liberal 333
Other 323

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17419
Labour 13620
Other 2505
Liberal 915

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747524/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024