Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20697
Conservative 9412
Liberal 8324
Right 3350
Other 2486
Left 413

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19380
Conservative 9323
Liberal 5946
Other 2554
Right 1211

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 17857
Labour 14978
Conservative 6244
Liberal 4928

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21784
Liberal 10210
Left 8532
Conservative 7071
Other 1726
Right 1405

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32387
Conservative 8070
Other 5904
Right 3219
Liberal 2395
Left 949

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42969
Conservative 7576
Other 5404
Liberal 2982
Right 894

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 44052
Conservative 6528
Liberal 5892
Other 4090

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, Bethnal Green and Bow BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741923/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th April 2024