Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 339
Conservative 33

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 275
Conservative 105

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 237
Conservative 201

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 303
Conservative 254

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 522
Conservative 390

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jul, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2318
Liberal 2109

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2612
Liberal 2432

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2966
Conservative 2586

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3153
Liberal 3104

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3050
Liberal 3049

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3358
Liberal 3223

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3434
Liberal 2680
Left 415

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3545
Liberal 2400
Labour 737

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4310
Conservative 3342

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4039
Conservative 3746
Left 413

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4044
Liberal 3848

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Dec, 1916
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10261
Other 7334

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan, 1920
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8864
Labour 8127
Liberal 3511

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12006
Labour 8834

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7813
Liberal 7574
Labour 6208

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8971
Labour 7451
Liberal 6292

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 9567
Conservative 7161
Liberal 6874

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13170
Conservative 9763
Liberal 6693

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Apr, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12420
Labour 11005
Other 4472

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15652
Labour 11074
Liberal 2696
Right 424

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14140
Conservative 14026

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Oct, 1939
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14998
Conservative 11604

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Oct, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12889
Conservative 8360
Liberal 2604

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20970
Conservative 20046
Left 459

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21424
Conservative 19740

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26216
Conservative 24251

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25991
Conservative 23239

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24657
Conservative 20550

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24728
Conservative 17396

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23927
Conservative 19973

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23019
Conservative 14718
Liberal 9837

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23490
Conservative 12763
Liberal 7356

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24535
Conservative 16156
Liberal 3699
Right 486

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20987
Conservative 13290
Left 7928

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22389
Conservative 13103
Liberal 7760

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24550
Conservative 13615
Liberal 4912
Other 289

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31919
Conservative 8954
Liberal 4603
Other 1804

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22340
Conservative 6822
Liberal 4237
Right 1617
Other 748

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21211
Conservative 7259
Liberal 5108
Right 2819
Other 570

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18604
Conservative 9510
Liberal 5703
Right 4615

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19366
Conservative 8610
Right 8468
Other 1531
Liberal 943

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24005
Conservative 12710
Right 1878
Liberal 646
Other 534

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18544
Conservative 14281
Other 4359
Liberal 1395

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, Ashton under Lyne PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744675/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024