Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21035
Conservative 9771
Nationalist 8789
Left 635

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19737
Nationalist 12111
Conservative 5004
Liberal 1915

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

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Apr, 1978
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16507
Nationalist 11955
Conservative 6746
Left 1156

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23591
Conservative 8393
Nationalist 6012
Left 374

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19635
Left 6379
Conservative 5368
Nationalist 3566

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23178
Nationalist 4201
Conservative 3660
Left 3211

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18920
Nationalist 5580
Conservative 3385
Liberal 1425
Other 61

More information about the 1992 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, Glasgow Garscadden BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753950/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th June 2024