Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15821
Liberal 3408

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14354
Conservative 13551

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12227
Conservative 10364
Liberal 6011

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16833
Labour 14798

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20489
Conservative 12232
Liberal 8374

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26049
Labour 16101

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22310
Labour 20055

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23008
Conservative 15562
Liberal 6215
Other 211

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27409
Conservative 22186
Liberal 4477

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27941
Conservative 25330

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25351
Conservative 23025

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25566
Conservative 23580

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25915
Conservative 19277

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25033
Conservative 15776
Left 1239

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23913
Conservative 18458
Left 643

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22538
Conservative 14752
Liberal 7966
Left 404

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22328
Conservative 13062
Liberal 6170
Left 348

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24280
Conservative 16221
Liberal 4448
Left 368

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21644
Conservative 15639
Liberal 9392
Left 485

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25346
Conservative 15647
Left 8924

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27357
Conservative 14131
Liberal 5835
Other 791

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30468
Conservative 8552
Liberal 4905
Other 1765

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21395
Conservative 6867
Liberal 4920

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19702
Conservative 6816
Liberal 6429
Right 1685

More information about the 2005 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, Eccles PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741145/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024