Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27639
Left 13362
Labour 12789
Other 212

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1984
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18713
Left 14733
Labour 12677
Other 210

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29541
Left 15834
Labour 12177

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30876
Labour 19976
Liberal 10702
Other 354

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24606
Conservative 20292
Liberal 5480
Other 1394

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21285
Conservative 16253
Liberal 4205
Right 2315
Other 308

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19889
Conservative 17768
Liberal 6390
Right 1507

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22047
Labour 16587
Liberal 8211
Right 2830
Other 564

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23606
Labour 14429
Right 6293
Other 3091
Liberal 1348

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28424
Labour 20695
Liberal 1540
Other 1265

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29992
Labour 15615
Liberal 3175
Other 2367

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12756975/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th October 2024