Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21400
Liberal 7768
Right 4622
Conservative 4468
Left 656

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22663
Right 8856
Conservative 4407
Other 1883
Liberal 1802
Left 442

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14087
Right 4497
Liberal 1385
Other 1345
Conservative 1267

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28193
Conservative 9050
Right 2645
Liberal 1061
Other 737
Left 184

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22369
Conservative 10095
Other 5034
Liberal 1517
Right 585

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, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13093775/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th May 2024