Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20134
Conservative 19284
Labour 3899
Nationalist 2636

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26770
Conservative 17251
Labour 6228
Nationalist 3876

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22158
Conservative 21884
Nationalist 8445
Labour 6682

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17999
Conservative 11002
Nationalist 8435
Labour 4350
Other 459

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15928
Conservative 8049
Nationalist 5760
Labour 4730
Left 534

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20008
Labour 8982
Conservative 7842
Nationalist 7098
Left 508

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17575
Nationalist 10827
Labour 9811
Conservative 9111
Other 752
Right 699

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27717
Liberal 19030
Conservative 6807
Labour 3441
Right 1166

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21861
Nationalist 19254
Labour 6340
Liberal 6230

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 23885
Conservative 23066
Liberal 5913
Labour 3052

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745928/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024