Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15075
Conservative 5071
Liberal 4281

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 14753
Conservative 4142
Liberal 2382

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 14117
Conservative 4413
Liberal 1052
Right 365

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Sep, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 7494
Liberal 1502
Conservative 1275
Left 187
Other 141

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27353
Conservative 8868
Left 4956
Right 729

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27428
Conservative 7561
Left 5250

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23336
Conservative 5299
Liberal 3151
Left 167
Other 167

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23803
Liberal 4121
Conservative 3964
Other 839
Left 810

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17812
Liberal 4070
Conservative 2328
Other 1234
Left 484

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16993
Liberal 7217
Conservative 2504
Other 1292
Right 693
Left 565

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21059
Liberal 10620
Conservative 4704
Right 2243
Other 1035
Left 266

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 2012
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11507
Liberal 1571
Other 1291
Right 1241
Conservative 754
Left 284

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27772
Conservative 6133
Right 5033
Other 4184
Liberal 1867
Left 342

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 38490
Conservative 7045
Liberal 1678
Right 1469
Other 1038

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36823
Conservative 7734
Other 4205
Liberal 3420
Left 107

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748073/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024