Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12892
Labour 11146

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15006
Conservative 11279
Liberal 7012

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13989
Liberal 9854
Conservative 8664

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17262
Conservative 16247

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25635
Conservative 10942
Liberal 8435

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23965
Conservative 21837

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32447
Conservative 14029

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34320
Conservative 19720

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33881
Conservative 19585

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30098
Conservative 18142

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31672
Conservative 16897

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30102
Conservative 14478

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29552
Conservative 13490

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26625
Conservative 15314
Other 3776

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26310
Conservative 12663
Liberal 12594

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27036
Conservative 12401
Liberal 8640

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27736
Conservative 18713
Liberal 4796

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25477
Conservative 13163
Left 10468

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30064
Conservative 13458
Left 7745

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32225
Conservative 13398
Liberal 6621
Other 320

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31652
Conservative 7156
Liberal 5163
Other 1949

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22783
Conservative 6421
Liberal 4524
Left 820
Right 750

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23097
Conservative 5825
Liberal 4962
Other 2604

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21295
Conservative 9284
Liberal 8049
Right 4259
Other 1445

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24312
Conservative 10216
Right 8903
Liberal 1150
Left 542

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26347
Conservative 16793
Right 2783
Liberal 951

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21266
Labour 19301
Other 3712
Liberal 2252
Right 448

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, Leigh BCon/PBCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750043/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th May 2024