Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36666
Conservative 16951

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 38128
Conservative 24490
Liberal 5011

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 40094
Conservative 27760

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25928
Conservative 21730

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25323
Conservative 24047
Liberal 5881

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27371
Conservative 22496
Liberal 9047

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29547
Conservative 22638
Liberal 7094

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27822
Labour 27262
Liberal 5453

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19803
Conservative 16149
Liberal 10273
Right 945

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20817
Conservative 15335
Liberal 6606
Right 939

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21195
Labour 19803
Liberal 4407
Right 476
Other 328

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28199
Labour 14630
Liberal 11204
Other 374
Right 282

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30685
Labour 15756
Left 10439
Other 491

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31194
Labour 20880
Liberal 7584
Other 503

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25278
Conservative 20950
Liberal 4872
Other 515
Right 424

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21466
Conservative 18160
Liberal 3781
Right 989
Other 344

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19909
Conservative 19203
Liberal 5036
Right 1407
Other 1224

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24428
Labour 13800
Liberal 7361
Other 2649
Right 1842

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25670
Labour 13325
Right 10434
Other 1535
Liberal 1454

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31210
Labour 18024
Right 2544
Liberal 1428
Other 1018

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34006
Labour 14846
Liberal 3736
Other 1435

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, Dartford BCon/PBCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12735625/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024