Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24019
Right 14148

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24282
Left 14096
Labour 8166

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34620
Liberal 11428

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37046
Liberal 11815

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Nov, 1952
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23067
Labour 7655

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33392
Labour 7508
Nationalist 1679

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30164
Labour 9318
Liberal 3253
Nationalist 434

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Oct, 1963
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17989
Labour 7209
Liberal 2774

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27422
Labour 8792
Liberal 1941
Nationalist 1159

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23329
Labour 12364

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27523
Labour 11567

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 45286
Left 4149
Labour 2455

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 46813
Left 2390
Labour 1643

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 42404
Left 4386

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Mar, 1982
Party Votes Outcome
Other 39392
Left 3839
Labour 303

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 32179
Left 4072
Nationalist 1107

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 29406
Left 1109

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25880
Left 5796
Nationalist 1030

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Other 21602
Left 6628
Conservative 3356
Nationalist 1123
Labour 875

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26902
Left 9601
Nationalist 2019

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Other 23245
Left 11813
Nationalist 2894

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 18807
Left 10339
Nationalist 2882

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Other 20160
Left 14026

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Other 21152
Left 9921
Nationalist 5402
Right 1900
Conservative 582

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25013
Left 11303
Nationalist 7143
Conservative 246

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Left 27079
Other 20273

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, Belfast South PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12749351/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024