Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 810
Conservative 174

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 357
Conservative 296

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 494
Conservative 440

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Mar, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 261
Conservative 259

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 541
Liberal 527

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Oct, 1845
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 274
Liberal 211

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1
Liberal -1

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 680
Liberal 366

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Oct, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 339
Conservative 334

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 801
Liberal 447

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 773
Liberal 476

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1
Liberal -1

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 411
Liberal 349

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4385
Conservative 3795

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4894
Liberal 4046

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5859
Liberal 5533

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Jan, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3005
Liberal 2536

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Dec, 1882
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2867
Liberal 2243

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Dec, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3637
Liberal 2721

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3371
Liberal 2780

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3422
Liberal 3312

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3949
Liberal 3075

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3772
Liberal 3130

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3573
Left 2205
Liberal 1900

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 4803
Conservative 4293

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4673
Labour 4110

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12914
Conservative 11584
Liberal 2434

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20079
Conservative 15436

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19637
Conservative 14451

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20350
Conservative 15006

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27462
Conservative 18144
Left 1307

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23544
Conservative 22526

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27950
Conservative 17646

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Mar, 1942
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31392
Conservative 14666

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Mar, 1948
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28941
Conservative 17466
Left 1647
Other 932

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32746
Conservative 15733
Liberal 2651
Left 1243

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34530
Conservative 17078

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29755
Conservative 14883
Left 1567

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jun, 1958
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27415
Conservative 10248
Left 972

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30664
Conservative 14615
Left 945

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28640
Conservative 11648
Left 988

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28754
Conservative 9876
Left 858

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28102
Conservative 12882
Left 672

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30485
Conservative 12283

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27692
Conservative 8865
Liberal 5548

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26144
Conservative 13149
Liberal 4102
Left 348

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29851
Liberal 12554
Conservative 12320

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33955
Conservative 13493
Liberal 7732

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34910
Conservative 13068
Liberal 7227
Other 197

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30043
Conservative 7400
Liberal 4390
Other 1986

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Sep, 1999
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9641
Conservative 2912
Liberal 2148
Right 834
Other 412
Left 240

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20739
Conservative 6996
Liberal 4970
Left 886

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18901
Conservative 7134
Liberal 6051
Right 1166
Other 1026

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21404
Conservative 10917
Liberal 6797
Right 5022

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23625
Conservative 9389
Right 8818
Other 2206
Liberal 1255

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29575
Conservative 13548
Right 2750
Liberal 916
Other 753

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21042
Conservative 14314
Other 7258
Liberal 2428

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743993/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 09th June 2024