Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12803
Labour 4186

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12272
Liberal 7313

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9757
Labour 5059
Liberal 4331

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14572
Labour 6957

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17395
Labour 10065

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21279
Labour 7539

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18367
Labour 8566

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Jun, 1937
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12539
Labour 6202
Nationalist 1886
Other 221

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14909
Labour 8545
Liberal 2003

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

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Election of 25th Nov, 1948
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16060
Labour 7419

This was a by-election.

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23181
Labour 12920
Liberal 2072

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24654
Labour 13359

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20106
Labour 9648

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20094
Labour 9317

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16993
Labour 9572

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15899
Labour 9384

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14674
Labour 7303
Nationalist 1957

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14378
Labour 7997
Liberal 6644
Nationalist 3702

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11203
Labour 8507
Nationalist 6897
Liberal 3596

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12368
Labour 10366
Liberal 4349
Nationalist 3050

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Mar, 1982
Party Votes Outcome
Left 10388
Conservative 8068
Labour 7846
Nationalist 3416
Other 571

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Left 14856
Labour 13692
Conservative 9638
Nationalist 2203
Other 378
Right 249

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17958
Left 14707
Conservative 6048
Nationalist 2713
Other 443

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15148
Liberal 10322
Conservative 6728
Nationalist 6484
Other 618
Left 73

More information about the 1992 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, Glasgow Hillhead BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749170/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024