Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24910
Conservative 15826
Liberal 9654

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26455
Liberal 24266

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23108
Conservative 19512

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19284
Conservative 13030
Liberal 11254

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Mar, 1963
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18033
Liberal 15994
Conservative 6238
Other 266

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18537
Liberal 18350
Conservative 7207

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22006
Labour 19507
Conservative 3786

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18896
Liberal 18040
Conservative 10417

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20984
Labour 20265
Conservative 10864

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21997
Labour 20331
Conservative 7337

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20151
Labour 17799
Conservative 14450
Other 101

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21139
Conservative 17993
Labour 13668
Other 260

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20457
Liberal 18780
Labour 16353
Other 614

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24804
Labour 17579
Liberal 15953
Other 720

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23285
Conservative 18445
Liberal 12755
Left 759
Other 689
Right 478

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18967
Conservative 14328
Liberal 11694
Other 1081
Right 917

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17536
Conservative 16035
Liberal 11822
Other 2097
Right 1430

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20440
Liberal 15603
Labour 14589
Right 3056
Other 867
Left 741

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25246
Labour 19868
Right 5734
Liberal 3407
Other 2545

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28818
Conservative 27903
Liberal 2494
Other 1205

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29482
Labour 24379
Liberal 3815
Other 2986
Right 230

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742514/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024