Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18318
Nationalist 7059
Liberal 6123
Conservative 3692
Left 906

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20993
Nationalist 6577
Liberal 5007
Conservative 4502
Right 433

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Jun, 2011
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15118
Nationalist 9280
Conservative 2784
Liberal 627
Right 288

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 24585
Labour 13522
Conservative 4446
Liberal 1106
Right 715
Other 233

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 15050
Labour 14666
Conservative 8399
Liberal 978

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 19295
Labour 11783
Conservative 6265
Liberal 2560

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797760/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 01st May 2024