Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11347
Liberal 4322
Labour 3102

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14931
Liberal 8017
Left 1435

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12715
Liberal 6321
Labour 5374

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18386
Labour 6991

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17962
Labour 7573
Liberal 6860

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30245
Labour 5791

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25683
Labour 7693

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Right 7380
Conservative 2982

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17381
Labour 10228
Liberal 5812
Other 904

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25325
Labour 16860
Liberal 4839

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Right 29834
Labour 17005

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 25236
Labour 14303

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Mar, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19017
Labour 12555

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24588
Labour 13316

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19502
Labour 12515

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15243
Labour 12550
Liberal 2902

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15978
Labour 12518

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12793
Labour 9813
Liberal 6772

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 11217
Labour 10748
Liberal 4189

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 12721
Labour 11010
Liberal 2983

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18985
Conservative 16429
Liberal 15136

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22424
Liberal 17181
Conservative 12915

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25121
Conservative 16175
Liberal 9542

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28125
Conservative 8793
Liberal 6578
Other 1733

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21874
Conservative 7424
Liberal 7070

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19224
Liberal 12201
Conservative 6022
Right 997

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17950
Liberal 14536
Conservative 7966
Right 3175
Other 319

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20689
Conservative 10536
Right 7447
Liberal 4366
Other 1853

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26729
Conservative 16380
Liberal 2533
Right 1780
Other 866

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21354
Conservative 15589
Other 5699
Liberal 4357

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, Newcastle upon Tyne North PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th June 2024