Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23207
Conservative 9601
Liberal 9076
Nationalist 5880
Left 371

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29506
Conservative 8571
Liberal 6714
Nationalist 5088

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27802
Conservative 8532
Nationalist 7878
Liberal 6404

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23851
Nationalist 7812
Conservative 5003
Liberal 3788
Left 757

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17586
Nationalist 11183
Conservative 3442
Liberal 3065
Other 515
Left 407

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16592
Nationalist 9358
Conservative 4844
Liberal 4550

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15916
Nationalist 11215
Conservative 5381
Liberal 3902
Right 1047

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15948
Nationalist 8853
Right 6269
Conservative 5534
Other 1096
Liberal 751
Left 123

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21568
Conservative 9544
Nationalist 7351
Right 1331
Liberal 548

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16125
Conservative 11455
Nationalist 7048
Other 3605

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, Llanelli CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756239/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 24th May 2024