Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11677
Liberal 5166

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11678
Liberal 11008

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13944
Conservative 10026

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13633
Liberal 10435
Labour 2467
Other 236

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20948
Conservative 19063
Labour 7853

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36097
Liberal 21379

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35564
Labour 12248
Liberal 9298

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30881
Labour 22634
Liberal 13107

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22817
Labour 14206
Liberal 6591

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26804
Labour 14604

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25707
Labour 13054
Liberal 5077

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23170
Labour 13476
Liberal 7675

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18259
Labour 13117
Liberal 9860

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16676
Labour 16029
Liberal 6150

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18854
Labour 15365
Liberal 4540

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17997
Labour 13584
Liberal 10877

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16937
Labour 14936
Liberal 7555

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18862
Labour 15510
Liberal 5387
Other 157

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18329
Labour 15956
Left 12231
Other 184

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21650
Conservative 18259
Liberal 9978
Other 524

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23962
Conservative 14227
Liberal 6457
Other 853

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27103
Conservative 8522
Liberal 6000
Other 1412
Left 990

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19239
Liberal 7715
Conservative 5349
Other 1539
Left 1208

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15872
Labour 15205
Conservative 3919
Other 2037
Right 424

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20110
Labour 18216
Conservative 5005
Other 1002
Right 698

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26843
Liberal 11970
Conservative 4872
Other 4109
Right 2172

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 38424
Liberal 8549
Conservative 5530
Other 1099

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35902
Liberal 7997
Conservative 5820
Other 3276

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749612/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th May 2024