Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16072
Nationalist 15135
Left 6084
Labour 3150

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19462
Conservative 17021
Left 4211
Labour 3281

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 21954
Conservative 17846
Labour 3803
Liberal 2588

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 22409
Conservative 9564
Labour 4747
Liberal 2398
Other 1060

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16710
Conservative 6207
Labour 4363
Liberal 2769
Left 447
Right 310

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19044
Conservative 7207
Liberal 4952
Labour 4476
Other 683
Right 442
Left 412

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15868
Conservative 11841
Labour 5382
Liberal 4365
Right 1010

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27487
Conservative 13148
Labour 2647
Liberal 2347

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19976
Nationalist 16283
Labour 3936
Liberal 1448

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21182
Nationalist 17064
Liberal 2280
Labour 1734

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744699/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 15th May 2024