Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31722
Left 11984
Labour 3590

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35656
Left 13282
Labour 5174

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36627
Liberal 13612
Labour 6997
Other 418

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul, 1993
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 33164
Conservative 16737
Labour 1453
Other 1118
Right 878

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26095
Liberal 23930
Labour 3884
Other 1684
Right 606

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27306
Liberal 13762
Labour 7506
Right 993

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28208
Liberal 12649
Labour 8051
Right 2657

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27888
Liberal 12478
Labour 4849
Right 4201

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28887
Right 10663
Labour 4745
Liberal 3263
Other 2149

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35230
Labour 10059
Liberal 4020
Other 1325

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33894
Liberal 9277
Labour 6568
Other 2212

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757797/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024