Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23358
Labour 18235
Liberal 8063
Other 3520

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24190
Labour 15568
Liberal 7894
Right 1067

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26855
Labour 14150
Liberal 9710
Right 2682

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30719
Liberal 10814
Labour 10051
Right 4140
Other 3806

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34805
Labour 10690
Right 9716
Liberal 3500
Other 3233

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Dec, 2016
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17570
Right 4426
Other 3869
Liberal 3606
Labour 3363

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 42245
Labour 17008
Liberal 2722
Right 1954
Other 1868

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 44683
Labour 12118
Liberal 5355
Other 4398

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, Sleaford and North Hykeham CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753196/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024