Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25758
Labour 11741
Liberal 3206

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27871
Labour 11747

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29323
Labour 11300

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35862
Labour 12682

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32355
Labour 11969
Liberal 10097

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34008
Labour 17760

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37756
Labour 13181
Liberal 7795

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35049
Liberal 17686
Labour 11608

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31707
Liberal 15848
Labour 12640

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 43027
Labour 10820
Liberal 10214
Right 978

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31947
Liberal 14553
Labour 6075

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35844
Liberal 14058
Labour 8791

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38385
Liberal 13239
Labour 10544
Other 925

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26299
Liberal 14902
Labour 14334
Other 2748
Left 623

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21935
Liberal 12528
Labour 12373
Right 1061
Other 374

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20896
Conservative 20617
Labour 8058
Right 2742

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 23635
Conservative 23460
Labour 4891
Right 2824
Other 319

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26956
Liberal 14054
Right 6361
Labour 5693
Other 1715

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32985
Labour 12414
Liberal 8901
Right 1291
Other 1157

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32309
Labour 11036
Liberal 9977
Other 2022

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735480/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024