Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17671
Labour 15512
Liberal 9511

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19681
Labour 17818
Liberal 5863

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23012
Labour 19048

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21301
Labour 16127
Liberal 8099

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Nov, 1960
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17503
Labour 11281
Liberal 9550
Right 235

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22414
Labour 17096
Liberal 9184

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23447
Labour 20369
Liberal 7138

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29670
Labour 19035
Liberal 7799

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28973
Labour 17862
Liberal 17151

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26885
Labour 17559
Liberal 14388

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37724
Labour 17140
Liberal 11467

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33042
Liberal 15661
Labour 9420

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37411
Left 14560
Labour 11463

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40230
Labour 15092
Liberal 13539
Other 279

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24176
Labour 17086
Liberal 8823
Other 2431

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22109
Labour 14043
Liberal 9205
Right 1281

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23345
Liberal 11990
Labour 11351
Other 2362
Right 1372

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28815
Liberal 13663
Labour 8108
Right 2826
Other 1485

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32544
Labour 9217
Right 8966
Liberal 4193
Other 3140

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38936
Labour 17953
Liberal 3788
Other 2461

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38692
Labour 14028
Liberal 8171
Other 3826

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736630/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024