Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27035
Liberal 16619
Labour 9700

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 25078
Liberal 14091
Labour 10325

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 32924
Liberal 12328
Labour 7645
Right 697

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32425
Liberal 16556
Labour 4150

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34504
Liberal 15064
Labour 5170
Other 760

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36273
Liberal 14053
Labour 5931
Other 1008

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26298
Liberal 12439
Labour 10240
Other 2602
Right 618

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22867
Liberal 10985
Labour 8497
Other 1567
Right 1367

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25619
Liberal 11821
Labour 6610
Other 1656
Right 1391

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31658
Liberal 14948
Labour 2942
Right 2129
Other 767

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31138
Right 7218
Labour 6712
Liberal 4761
Other 2901

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33514
Labour 11374
Liberal 7179
Other 1660
Right 1525

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30850
Liberal 14627
Labour 7166
Other 3042

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Jun, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21517
Conservative 13489
Other 2326
Labour 622

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, Chesham and Amersham CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748565/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024