Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24703
Left 4154

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23267
Labour 15768

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23462
Labour 13198

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25500
Labour 14980

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22468
Labour 14127
Liberal 7722

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20889
Labour 16105
Liberal 6434

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24516
Labour 16645
Liberal 6021

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24059
Labour 16129
Liberal 12730

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21352
Labour 16711
Liberal 10991

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25483
Labour 16935
Liberal 10697

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21374
Liberal 13066
Labour 7056

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22370
Liberal 14304
Labour 8103
Other 336

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24967
Labour 11529
Liberal 10344
Other 781

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17701
Labour 17479
Liberal 7959
Other 1362
Right 1170

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18917
Labour 16388
Liberal 6380
Right 728

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17605
Labour 12585
Liberal 10673
Other 650

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18795
Liberal 13007
Labour 8253
Other 2223
Right 1205

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22834
Labour 10803
Right 4302
Liberal 2961
Other 2445

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24996
Labour 15760
Liberal 3285
Other 1253
Right 930

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25152
Labour 14603
Liberal 4672
Other 1723

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, Hexham CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740610/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 05th November 2024