Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21640
Conservative 13075
Liberal 11229

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24113
Conservative 21912

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22745
Conservative 21819

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22964
Labour 22358

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19592
Conservative 19545
Liberal 7227

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24705
Conservative 22472

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Dec, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22548
Labour 16499
Other 2421

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27459
Labour 25107

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29099
Labour 26829
Liberal 15049
Right 897

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 29078
Labour 27320
Liberal 11500

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 37812
Labour 25278
Liberal 8506
Right 529
Other 209

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25715
Labour 13659
Liberal 12994
Other 228

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29038
Labour 14968
Liberal 11047

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32302
Labour 20486
Liberal 7714

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24854
Conservative 24667
Liberal 5279
Right 1192
Other 297

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23867
Conservative 21512
Liberal 4763
Right 864

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22674
Labour 21987
Liberal 6147
Right 1214
Other 749
Left 234

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24918
Labour 13131
Liberal 8848
Right 3232
Other 1283
Left 249

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26265
Right 9868
Labour 9839
Liberal 2240
Other 2218

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30579
Labour 18119
Right 1804
Liberal 1782
Other 956

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32277
Labour 13737
Liberal 4078
Other 1821

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12740580/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024