Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10805

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 7715
Liberal 5803

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13462
Conservative 3041
Left 1711

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12071
Other 4621

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5564
Labour 5558
Liberal 5503

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6969
Liberal 6700
Labour 5767

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9814
Labour 6799
Liberal 3299

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Right 10453
Labour 5364
Liberal 2674

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Right 12163
Labour 6438

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7894
Labour 6619
Conservative 4550
Right 2795

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8308
Liberal 8244
Conservative 4662

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8768
Liberal 6063
Conservative 5334
Nationalist 3690

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 8574
Liberal 6222
Conservative 5104
Nationalist 3814

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 7941
Nationalist 5381
Liberal 4949
Conservative 4240

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9613
Conservative 7074
Nationalist 6487

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Left 12119
Conservative 5276
Labour 3325
Nationalist 2568

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Left 13024
Conservative 3844
Labour 3437
Nationalist 2371
Other 333

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10032
Conservative 4667
Nationalist 4049
Labour 3483

More information about the 1992 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, Caithness and Sutherland CCon/PCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750201/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 18th May 2024