Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21020
Nationalist 8229
Conservative 4024
Liberal 2331
Left 797
Other 218

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16681
Nationalist 5725
Conservative 3155
Liberal 2791
Left 1321

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21327
Nationalist 6489
Liberal 4464
Conservative 3440
Left 1019
Other 370

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23910
Nationalist 7104
Liberal 3840
Conservative 3660
Left 609

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 27275
Labour 15377
Conservative 3695
Right 1289
Liberal 601

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 16150
Labour 15832
Conservative 8490
Liberal 920
Right 534

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 20622
Labour 14354
Conservative 7150
Liberal 1675
Right 619

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, Motherwell and Wishaw BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757773/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024