Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34908
Conservative 18361

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34260
Conservative 18770

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28452
Conservative 16097

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28630
Conservative 18205

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27424
Conservative 15322

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26653
Conservative 12515

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18758
Conservative 11227

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27171
Conservative 15423

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 24146
Conservative 9493
Liberal 6313

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 24707
Conservative 12104
Liberal 4260

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21194
Conservative 12944
Left 9458
Other 504

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23842
Conservative 14072
Left 7462

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25897
Conservative 12477
Liberal 6073
Other 196

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26662
Conservative 6738
Liberal 5168
Other 1071
Right 606

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17170
Conservative 5352
Liberal 4148
Other 1657

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14760
Liberal 4986
Conservative 4823
Right 3092
Left 246

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12605
Liberal 7039
Conservative 6833
Right 3904
Other 1956
Left 133

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12220
Right 7041
Conservative 7008
Other 3519
Liberal 1296

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 7853
Right 5357
Conservative 5154
Liberal 2083
Other 723

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17083
Conservative 13186
Right 1608
Liberal 680
Other 588

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14557
Labour 13887
Other 2510
Liberal 1116

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747214/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 03rd June 2024