Hitchin and Harpenden Constituency (CCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24038
Labour 17367
Liberal 10515
Other 290
Left 217

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21271
Labour 14608
Liberal 8076
Right 606
Other 363

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23627
Liberal 12234
Labour 10499
Right 828
Other 199

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29869
Liberal 14598
Labour 7413
Right 1663
Other 1164

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31488
Labour 11433
Right 4917
Liberal 4484
Other 3053

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31189
Labour 19158
Liberal 6236
Other 2200

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27719
Liberal 20824
Labour 9959
Other 369

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, Hitchin and Harpenden Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746076/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026