Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35424
Labour 18304
Liberal 5766

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 39278
Labour 19217

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29779
Labour 15561

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27874
Labour 11837
Liberal 8955

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26410
Liberal 15441
Labour 12034

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26039
Liberal 16746
Labour 12620
Right 883

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30296
Liberal 23308
Labour 8475

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31462
Liberal 23987
Labour 5874

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 30442
Liberal 14417
Labour 10830

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 37168
Liberal 11084
Labour 10166
Right 533

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31501
Liberal 18015
Labour 3790

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33587
Liberal 16664
Labour 4928
Other 867

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Sep, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23941
Conservative 18865
Labour 2308
Other 804
Right 154

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31792
Liberal 26607
Labour 2834
Other 391

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22183
Liberal 20930
Labour 6576
Other 2724
Right 254

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19738
Liberal 18158
Labour 5967
Right 907

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21033
Liberal 19909
Labour 5268
Right 1233
Other 949

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24658
Conservative 21223
Labour 2497
Right 2244
Other 1502

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20934
Liberal 20201
Right 6139
Labour 4143
Other 1490

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26924
Conservative 25315
Labour 4671
Other 510

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26951
Liberal 22620
Labour 3848
Other 1715

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735558/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024