Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26917
Labour 12264
Liberal 4555

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29167
Labour 13410

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27128
Labour 12742

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27972
Labour 11998

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20998
Labour 11148
Liberal 7362

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22687
Labour 16333

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17636
Labour 4654
Liberal 2711

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24365
Labour 13771
Other 1205

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21910
Labour 11292
Liberal 9764
Other 428

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19041
Labour 11624
Liberal 8648

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22218
Labour 12099
Liberal 5965
Other 638
Right 436

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21323
Left 10191
Labour 9879

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22056
Labour 12914
Left 8459

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20630
Labour 16955
Liberal 5606
Other 1066

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26737
Conservative 13556
Liberal 4644
Other 3835
Right 179

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19846
Conservative 10203
Liberal 5348
Other 4392
Left 573
Right 361

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15427
Conservative 10397
Other 9696
Liberal 7171
Right 508
Left 340

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Other 16318
Labour 14986
Conservative 12275
Liberal 7159
Right 948
Left 148

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Other 22987
Labour 14904
Conservative 12448
Right 2724
Liberal 1525
Left 88

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Other 30525
Labour 15450
Conservative 11082
Right 630

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Other 34434
Labour 13211
Conservative 10176
Right 177

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, Brighton Pavilion BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745151/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st October 2024