Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 41810
Liberal 10836

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 43285
Liberal 9914

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Apr, 1953
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 50315
Nationalist 1637

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 51773
Nationalist 1039

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 45091
Labour 11571
Liberal 3797
Nationalist 855

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38706
Liberal 10582

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 55679
Labour 14246
Right 6408
Other 3321
Liberal 1076

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 60112
Left 2376

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 57006

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 62081

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 40137
Left 645

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 38859

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Other 40819

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Other 30585
Conservative 14371

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jun, 1995
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26805
Conservative 583

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 33144
Left 1602

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Other 34786
Left 1275
Conservative 815
Nationalist 313

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 30254
Left 1009
Conservative 822
Nationalist 205

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Other 32551
Left 680
Nationalist 250

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Other 32244
Conservative 1593
Right 1482
Left 355
Nationalist 273

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Other 37313
Conservative 941
Nationalist 531
Left 400

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 38684
Conservative 1959

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12748875/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024