Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18693
Labour 16368

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19082
Labour 17234

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18659
Labour 16901

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19128
Labour 16884

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17973
Conservative 17362

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19163
Conservative 15808

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17067
Labour 16241
Liberal 3031

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15393
Conservative 14741
Liberal 7183

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16590
Conservative 13185
Liberal 5429

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16240
Conservative 15042
Liberal 4618
Right 264

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18998
Labour 17286
Left 11968
Other 559
Right 145

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19666
Conservative 19330
Left 12896

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24965
Conservative 18784
Liberal 6609
Other 907

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26267
Conservative 12028
Liberal 9457
Other 2284
Right 765

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19367
Conservative 10551
Liberal 9640
Other 2054
Left 507
Right 473

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15904
Liberal 12251
Conservative 9567
Other 3786
Right 597
Left 85

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13960
Labour 13650
Conservative 10902
Other 7095
Right 1842
Left 102

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19033
Conservative 11379
Other 6905
Liberal 6607
Right 4539

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31311
Conservative 15715
Liberal 2841
Other 1492

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27766
Conservative 15006
Liberal 4776
Other 4125

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746672/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 19th May 2024