Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28496
Liberal 16829
Labour 7860
Other 135

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30385
Liberal 15970
Labour 11866

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32443
Liberal 16232
Labour 15550

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20730
Labour 18535
Liberal 10489
Other 1764

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22631
Labour 16390
Liberal 5945
Right 1165
Other 389

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23061
Labour 12041
Liberal 9175
Right 2233

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26692
Liberal 10864
Labour 9406
Right 4099
Other 808

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27041
Labour 10547
Right 9262
Liberal 3148
Other 2575

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33642
Labour 17287
Liberal 2948
Other 1722

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35444
Labour 12495
Liberal 5643
Other 2931

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Dec, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17957
Conservative 12032
Other 3969
Labour 3686
Right 378

This was a by-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, North Shropshire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741080/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024