Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33914
Right 17231
Liberal 4052
Left 554

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34753
Right 19776

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29602
Right 21748

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30534
Right 17084
Liberal 6360

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29452
Conservative 14944
Liberal 7738

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31542
Conservative 13443
Liberal 6227

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30386
Conservative 16217
Liberal 4891

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31040
Conservative 15644
Liberal 9937

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 30953
Conservative 13393
Liberal 7349

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31049
Conservative 17445
Liberal 5617

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23881
Conservative 16118
Liberal 9705

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Mar, 1984
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24633
Liberal 18369
Conservative 8028
Other 1962

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24532
Liberal 15955
Conservative 13472

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26461
Liberal 20047
Conservative 9473

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26105
Liberal 20330
Conservative 4752
Other 202

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21249
Labour 18663
Conservative 3613
Left 732
Other 184

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20875
Labour 17830
Conservative 3605
Right 997
Other 814

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17891
Liberal 17342
Conservative 7214
Other 1960
Right 1432

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21829
Conservative 8231
Right 7523
Liberal 6301
Other 1481
Left 202

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26266
Conservative 16661
Liberal 2612
Right 1611
Other 777

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18171
Conservative 16720
Other 6310
Liberal 3985

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737452/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024