Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 41023
Liberal 8068

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 50347
Nationalist 5155

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 52786
Nationalist 2745

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 47325
Labour 16531
Nationalist 3830

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40840
Labour 22672

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 59589
Labour 19971
Right 10938
Other 6037
Liberal 913

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 60762
Left 10570

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Other 59352
Left 9061

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Other 62696
Left 9047
Labour 1895

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Other 33274
Left 3926
Nationalist 1629

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Other 31957

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Other 31203
Left 3611
Nationalist 1592

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Other 35622
Left 5397
Nationalist 1220

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Other 31469
Left 6497
Nationalist 2229

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Sep, 2000
Party Votes Outcome
Other 24460
Left 3496
Nationalist 2611

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Other 34662
Left 5336
Nationalist 4160

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 28844
Left 4706
Nationalist 4407

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Other 26325
Nationalist 4729
Left 2955

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Other 28419
Nationalist 4699
Left 2990
Conservative 415

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Other 33011
Nationalist 7797
Left 2362

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 35799
Nationalist 4887
Left 2288

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, South Antrim CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12735984/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 03rd October 2024