Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21810
Conservative 14832
Left 10039

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23341
Conservative 12696
Liberal 8452

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24983
Conservative 12808
Liberal 7897
Other 341

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29220
Conservative 10540
Liberal 7045
Other 1269

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Nov, 2000
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9765
Conservative 5339
Liberal 3454
Left 1210
Other 908
Right 687

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20540
Conservative 8272
Liberal 4746
Other 2483

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17210
Conservative 7803
Liberal 5701
Other 2318
Right 1049

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15668
Liberal 7935
Conservative 7060
Right 1462
Other 380

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18755
Conservative 6688
Right 5139
Other 1643
Liberal 1244

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24210
Conservative 8487
Right 1348
Liberal 1204
Other 348

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20870
Conservative 8724
Other 2459
Liberal 1737

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757750/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024