Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15064
Conservative 6473
Liberal 5415
Left 492
Other 293

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 14544
Conservative 4951
Liberal 3661
Left 512

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 12581
Conservative 8237
Liberal 1991
Right 824
Left 408
Other 136

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13460
Left 13182
Conservative 9894
Right 435
Other 102

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16511
Left 15787
Conservative 8482
Other 438

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20586
Conservative 9934
Liberal 9387
Other 374

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22079
Liberal 7516
Conservative 4587
Other 1134

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15217
Liberal 7937
Conservative 3860
Left 817
Other 384

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12345
Liberal 11861
Conservative 4594
Other 1691
Right 470

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18407
Liberal 14838
Conservative 8449
Other 1160
Right 701

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22547
Conservative 9839
Liberal 4829
Other 3680
Right 3375

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30188
Conservative 9925
Liberal 5809
Other 1198
Right 929

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26897
Liberal 9569
Conservative 8045
Other 3305

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, Islington South and Finsbury BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12738523/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th May 2024