Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23660
Labour 16021
Liberal 6342

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26743
Labour 18958

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24905
Labour 13903
Liberal 5145

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1956
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21137
Labour 14789
Liberal 4942

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27847
Labour 17492

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23172
Labour 16708
Liberal 7583

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21673
Labour 18870
Liberal 6516

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25877
Labour 18872
Liberal 4978

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24527
Labour 17759
Liberal 13098

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 23095
Labour 18477
Liberal 10907

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 28764
Labour 19450
Liberal 7711

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22645
Labour 13546
Liberal 11874

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23582
Labour 18727
Liberal 10262

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23411
Labour 22310
Liberal 6867
Other 546

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29806
Conservative 19253
Liberal 5353
Other 1845

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21760
Conservative 14866
Liberal 6589
Right 899
Other 763

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17458
Conservative 16543
Liberal 9818
Right 776
Other 308

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18995
Labour 16412
Liberal 8930
Other 1228
Right 1225

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22118
Conservative 22025
Right 4148
Liberal 2870

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32023
Conservative 22847
Liberal 1551

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27082
Conservative 20918
Liberal 3734
Other 2826

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Dec, 2022
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17309
Conservative 6335
Liberal 2368
Other 2284
Right 179

This was a by-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, City of Chester CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748190/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 13th May 2024