Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17806
Conservative 16438
Left 9535
Nationalist 413

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22916
Conservative 16533
Left 7273
Nationalist 478

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25206
Conservative 17355
Liberal 4687
Other 633
Nationalist 551

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25955
Conservative 9552
Liberal 4076
Other 1627
Nationalist 738

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18525
Conservative 9303
Liberal 4585
Nationalist 1182
Other 1134
Right 481
Left 211

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17331
Conservative 8953
Liberal 6174
Nationalist 1320
Right 918
Other 593
Left 207

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15804
Conservative 12885
Liberal 7308
Right 2377
Nationalist 1549

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16540
Conservative 13197
Right 7260
Liberal 1733
Nationalist 1608
Other 976

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23315
Conservative 18080
Nationalist 1171
Right 1117
Liberal 1077

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18271
Conservative 18058
Other 2678
Liberal 2548
Nationalist 1453

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, Alyn and Deeside CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755521/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 22nd May 2024