Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21833
Conservative 16252
Liberal 6962

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23743
Conservative 21295

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19414
Conservative 16011
Liberal 6310

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20626
Labour 20456

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17816
Conservative 15115
Liberal 8529

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22039
Conservative 18027

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20957
Labour 20341

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18595
Conservative 17717
Liberal 7820
Left 348

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

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19569
Conservative 16488
Liberal 5839
Right 859
Other 179

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

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19698
Conservative 19620
Liberal 4062
Right 234
Other 208

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21370
Labour 18596
Liberal 9951
Other 302

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23903
Labour 18297
Liberal 10041

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25983
Labour 22387
Liberal 5793
Other 642

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26039
Conservative 18907
Liberal 5064
Other 1470

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20888
Conservative 16883
Liberal 4722
Right 840

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20720
Conservative 15868
Liberal 5484
Right 4240

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20003
Labour 17063
Liberal 7059
Right 3567

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21766
Labour 18713
Right 5662
Other 1661
Liberal 1321

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24056
Conservative 23817
Other 1324
Right 1291
Liberal 1226

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25298
Labour 23080
Liberal 2573
Other 1517
Left 132

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742447/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024