Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17448
Conservative 15172
Liberal 8816
Nationalist 673
Other 165

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20956
Conservative 16382
Liberal 6900
Nationalist 599

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26383
Conservative 15958
Liberal 3707
Nationalist 776
Other 676

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22647
Conservative 8786
Other 5323
Liberal 3964
Nationalist 1356
Left 344

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20094
Conservative 7807
Liberal 4572
Nationalist 1983
Right 501
Left 427
Other 367

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17447
Conservative 8210
Liberal 7529
Nationalist 2023
Other 912
Right 522
Left 269

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17262
Conservative 12553
Liberal 9875
Nationalist 1851
Other 1487
Right 1145
Left 196

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 2012
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9193
Conservative 3859
Liberal 2103
Nationalist 1854
Right 1179
Other 800
Left 448

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19966
Conservative 12513
Right 6423
Nationalist 3443
Liberal 2318
Other 1746
Left 258

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30182
Conservative 15318
Nationalist 2162
Liberal 1430
Right 942
Other 702

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27382
Conservative 14645
Other 3181
Liberal 2985
Nationalist 2386

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, Cardiff South and Penarth BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747901/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th September 2024