Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18706
Liberal 10484
Conservative 9181
Right 331
Left 314

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21270
Conservative 9765
Left 7208

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23673
Conservative 8653
Liberal 5713

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25766
Conservative 5077
Liberal 4164
Other 1042
Left 960

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Jun, 1999
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 6361
Liberal 4068
Conservative 1618
Other 529
Right 353
Left 258

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18277
Conservative 3896
Liberal 3607
Right 775
Left 751

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17526
Liberal 5660
Conservative 3865
Right 1695
Other 440

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18434
Liberal 7789
Conservative 7541
Right 3066
Other 564

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24758
Conservative 7791
Right 7082
Other 3558
Liberal 1529
Left 330

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33453
Conservative 9755
Right 2056
Other 1346
Liberal 1063

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30413
Conservative 11143
Other 5104
Liberal 2343
Left 281

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756458/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 14th May 2024