Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22423
Conservative 13027
Liberal 6990
Right 652

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21921
Conservative 17780
Liberal 8983
Left 843
Other 744

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25309
Conservative 13341
Liberal 5120
Other 1053

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26121
Conservative 5921
Liberal 4064
Other 1207
Left 391

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Jun, 2000
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8785
Liberal 3139
Conservative 2634
Left 885
Other 783
Right 191

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21317
Conservative 4401
Liberal 3008
Other 1713
Left 1162

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18343
Liberal 5309
Conservative 4278
Other 3471
Left 263

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24128
Liberal 7197
Conservative 6064
Other 1775
Left 1057
Right 466

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28654
Conservative 5090
Other 4222
Liberal 1756
Right 1512
Left 1324

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 40249
Conservative 5665
Liberal 1687
Other 1276
Right 462

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35621
Conservative 5446
Liberal 3168
Other 2400
Left 221

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, Tottenham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757177/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 06th June 2024