Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21072
Left 12477
Labour 9083
Nationalist 2618

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19388
Left 13374
Labour 12305
Nationalist 4033

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24124
Labour 12436
Liberal 8493
Nationalist 6372
Other 146

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20766
Conservative 17530
Nationalist 6826
Liberal 6110
Other 497
Left 393
Right 130

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23036
Conservative 13895
Liberal 6239
Nationalist 4137
Left 814
Other 247

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20815
Conservative 14158
Liberal 8659
Nationalist 3245
Left 528

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25987
Conservative 15567
Liberal 4720
Nationalist 4535
Right 372

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 23013
Labour 19295
Conservative 12465
Liberal 1069
Right 888

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21496
Nationalist 16784
Labour 14346
Liberal 1112

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 24877
Conservative 19451
Labour 6855
Liberal 4174

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755284/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 08th May 2024