Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22901
Conservative 9091
Liberal 3684
Nationalist 2500
Other 1207

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17217
Conservative 8319
Nationalist 3982
Liberal 3426
Right 552

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14808
Conservative 8460
Liberal 5105
Nationalist 3111
Other 803
Right 644

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13311
Conservative 10477
Liberal 5965
Nationalist 3009
Right 1919

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13051
Conservative 10649
Right 5480
Nationalist 3620
Liberal 1349
Other 915

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19002
Conservative 14646
Nationalist 2293
Right 802
Liberal 731

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16222
Labour 14983
Nationalist 2137
Liberal 1496
Other 1468

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745369/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024