Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21238
Labour 15066
Liberal 4355

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24951
Labour 16402

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Oct, 1954
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19108
Labour 12701

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22701
Labour 13129
Liberal 4232

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25161
Labour 12270
Liberal 5679

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25797
Labour 13718
Liberal 10066

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25672
Labour 16776
Liberal 10025

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33447
Labour 18916
Liberal 7551

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29401
Liberal 18743
Labour 15492
Right 1148

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 26463
Liberal 16104
Labour 14936
Right 1120

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 38014
Liberal 14438
Labour 13698

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31288
Liberal 19070
Labour 6070

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35272
Liberal 17488
Labour 7061

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36974
Liberal 18824
Labour 8552

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23119
Liberal 16498
Labour 13057
Right 1116
Other 361

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19106
Liberal 12512
Labour 11394
Other 1479
Right 797

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20572
Liberal 15238
Labour 9895
Other 1254
Right 1182

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21203
Liberal 15617
Labour 5489
Right 2041
Other 1034

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23369
Labour 8468
Right 8253
Liberal 4076
Other 2025

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26950
Labour 15477
Liberal 3637
Right 1796
Other 1090

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27980
Labour 11282
Liberal 6920
Other 1750

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748231/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024