Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26448
Conservative 11429
Liberal 5639
Other 1060
Left 957

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21032
Conservative 8424
Liberal 4320
Other 869
Left 410

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18878
Conservative 8051
Liberal 7766
Right 1120
Left 369

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17987
Conservative 10412
Liberal 9107
Right 2977
Left 268

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Feb, 2014
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13261
Right 5001
Conservative 3479
Liberal 1176
Other 948

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21693
Conservative 11124
Right 6354
Other 1950
Liberal 1927
Left 215

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28525
Conservative 13581
Liberal 1504
Right 1475
Other 761

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23855
Conservative 13459
Other 4276
Liberal 3111
Left 58

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, Wythenshawe and Sale East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753214/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024