Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14645
Nationalist 14140
Conservative 10021
Liberal 6218
Other 978
Left 420
Right 275

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19131
Nationalist 13944
Conservative 10342
Liberal 5754
Right 689
Other 609

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 26620
Labour 16452
Conservative 11987
Liberal 1481
Right 1331

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22469
Nationalist 19110
Labour 10847
Liberal 1742

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 26882
Conservative 22384
Labour 4961
Liberal 3204
Right 382

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, Ochil and South Perthshire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797849/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st May 2024