Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21433
Labour 20563
Left 11678
Other 493

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25512
Labour 24150
Left 9061

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27629
Labour 26221
Liberal 6380
Other 628

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23213
Conservative 17072
Liberal 4133
Other 2075
Right 472

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19224
Conservative 14160
Liberal 3989
Other 595
Right 574

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17974
Conservative 12186
Liberal 5731
Right 2668
Other 649

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21565
Conservative 17159
Liberal 8095
Right 3685
Other 605

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21826
Conservative 15769
Right 9080
Liberal 2396
Other 1232
Left 176

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Oct, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17506
Other 2252
Right 635

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29844
Conservative 20883
Other 1829
Liberal 1224

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22594
Conservative 19069
Other 8802
Liberal 2462

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13296
Conservative 12973
Left 8434
Other 1490
Liberal 1254
Right 248

This was a by-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, Batley and Spen BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755922/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 17th May 2024