Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18150
Labour 11914
Liberal 4284

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20102
Labour 13507

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26080
Labour 18843

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29703
Labour 19787

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24936
Labour 18943
Liberal 11124

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25908
Labour 21762
Liberal 9571

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30380
Labour 18647
Liberal 13279

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24620
Liberal 23419
Labour 10035

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 23499
Liberal 22477
Labour 9390

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 33677
Liberal 23388
Labour 6676

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31836
Liberal 18798
Labour 3027

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35266
Liberal 18608
Labour 4765

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37135
Liberal 24778
Labour 3962
Other 539

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Feb, 1993
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 37590
Conservative 15535
Other 2564
Labour 1151
Right 868
Left 65

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 29887
Conservative 21370
Labour 3107
Other 1636
Right 302
Left 174

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24507
Conservative 22092
Labour 3523
Right 685

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26771
Liberal 23311
Labour 3239
Right 857
Other 495

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33057
Liberal 20809
Labour 2505
Right 1475
Other 743

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34973
Liberal 8605
Right 6195
Labour 4837
Other 2637
Left 53

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37399
Liberal 13019
Labour 8596
Other 1835

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34431
Liberal 18384
Labour 4404
Other 2779

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736680/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 22nd May 2024