Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30113
Liberal 6488
Conservative 4816
Nationalist 1624

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32820
Conservative 4959
Liberal 3847
Nationalist 1621

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34333
Conservative 4266
Liberal 2774
Other 2099

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31493
Liberal 3458
Conservative 2607
Nationalist 2072

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22855
Nationalist 3542
Liberal 2945
Conservative 2383

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Other 20505
Labour 11384
Liberal 1511
Nationalist 843
Conservative 816
Right 192

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun, 2006
Party Votes Outcome
Other 12861
Labour 10059
Nationalist 1755
Liberal 1477
Conservative 1013

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16974
Other 6458
Liberal 3285
Conservative 2265
Right 1699
Nationalist 1333
Left 381

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18380
Right 5677
Conservative 3419
Nationalist 2849
Other 738
Liberal 620

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18787
Nationalist 6880
Conservative 4783
Right 973
Other 666
Liberal 295

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14862
Other 6601
Conservative 5749
Nationalist 1722
Liberal 1285

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748450/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024