Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27613
Conservative 20843
Liberal 7513
Left 3493

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23680
Labour 22216
Liberal 6393
Left 633

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26896
Labour 23725
Liberal 3329

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22243
Labour 18621

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Mar, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17766
Labour 15546
Other 348

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23554
Labour 17607

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20307
Labour 18048

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17374
Conservative 16996
Liberal 4749

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19517
Labour 15496
Liberal 3185
Other 72

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17978
Labour 13485
Liberal 8805

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 17073
Labour 13595
Liberal 6268

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 20871
Labour 12993
Liberal 3984
Right 572

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28834
Liberal 16166
Labour 12941

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32302
Labour 14029
Liberal 13251

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30752
Labour 19654
Liberal 7502
Other 212
Right 49

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29923
Conservative 20189
Liberal 4697
Other 1708
Right 464

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26590
Conservative 15466
Liberal 6021

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23445
Conservative 18715
Liberal 7747
Right 916

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21435
Labour 18032
Liberal 6850
Right 896
Other 793

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24668
Labour 19911
Right 2333
Liberal 1037
Other 846
Left 205

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25129
Labour 23372
Liberal 1573
Other 771

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26935
Labour 18765
Liberal 3791

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, Harrow East PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749521/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024