Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3670

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2139
Conservative 706

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2111
Liberal 1872

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2380
Conservative 1856

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2321
Conservative 1278

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Jun, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1110
Conservative 1041

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2622
Conservative 1253

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jun, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1176
Conservative 1129

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2443
Conservative 1197

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2547
Conservative 1339

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1
Liberal -1

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4665
Conservative 2024

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2251
Liberal 1991

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Jun, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2194
Liberal 2158

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Oct, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2267
Conservative 2071

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4911
Conservative 4745

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5412
Conservative 4600

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6179
Liberal 5943

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8426
Conservative 3244

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9099
Conservative 3198

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9140
Conservative 3445

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8593
Conservative 3486

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8210
Liberal 7231

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7850
Liberal 7528

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7716
Liberal 7216

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct 1918 to 15th Oct, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15605
Labour 5244

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13666
Liberal 8699
Labour 4849

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13694
Conservative 12830

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16067
Liberal 8800
Labour 3914

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Mar, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11171
Liberal 7255
Labour 6359

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17845
Liberal 11485
Labour 8769

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24696
Liberal 8241
Labour 5680

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20670
Liberal 8650
Labour 7185

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20196
Labour 18120
Liberal 7952

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23070
Labour 19340
Liberal 6508

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27826
Labour 22530

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24489
Labour 17646
Liberal 5011

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24048
Labour 17515
Liberal 6214

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20255
Labour 16464
Liberal 8795
Other 318

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19344
Labour 18544
Liberal 7095

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22344
Labour 16493
Liberal 5957
Other 840

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20920
Liberal 15738
Labour 14296
Right 204
Other 118

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 18470
Liberal 16348
Labour 14011
Other 150

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 23025
Liberal 13913
Labour 11407
Other 1082
Right 206

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22544
Left 17559
Labour 7259
Other 508

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23515
Left 22103
Labour 5507
Other 687

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25890
Conservative 21950
Labour 4102
Other 512
Right 117

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26169
Conservative 16850
Labour 8828
Other 1827
Right 315

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23372
Conservative 13478
Labour 7269
Other 1469
Right 708

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20101
Conservative 15463
Labour 6773
Other 2729
Right 770

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26651
Conservative 14768
Labour 3251
Other 1526
Right 890

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17833
Liberal 14000
Labour 6216
Other 6196
Right 2922

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23436
Conservative 17742
Labour 7279
Other 1126

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 28419
Conservative 16097
Labour 6639
Other 983

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750055/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th May 2024