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Party

Conservatives

United Kingdom

Party Active

Conservatives

Abbreviation
Con
Founded
1834
Official · und
Conservatives

Power-role history

Governing

Oct 25, 2022

Governing

Sep 6, 2022 — Oct 25, 2022

Governing

Dec 13, 2019 — Sep 6, 2022

Governing

Jul 24, 2019 — Dec 12, 2019

Governing

Jun 11, 2017 — Jul 24, 2019

Governing

Jul 13, 2016 — May 8, 2017

Governing

May 8, 2015

Governing

May 11, 2010 — May 7, 2015

Governing

Apr 9, 1992 — May 1, 1997

Governing

Nov 28, 1990 — Apr 9, 1992

Governing

Jun 11, 1987 — Nov 28, 1990

Governing

Jun 9, 1983

Governing

May 4, 1979 — Jun 11, 1983

Governing

Jun 19, 1970 — Mar 4, 1974

Governing

Oct 18, 1963 — Oct 16, 1964

Governing

Oct 14, 1959 — Oct 13, 1963

Governing

Jan 10, 1957 — Oct 14, 1959

Governing

May 26, 1955

Governing

Apr 6, 1955 — Jan 9, 1957

Governing

Oct 26, 1951 — Apr 7, 1955

Governing

May 23, 1945

Governing

May 10, 1940 — May 23, 1945

Governing

May 28, 1937

Governing

Nov 14, 1935

Governing

Jun 7, 1935

Coalition

Nov 5, 1931

Governing

Nov 6, 1924

Governing

May 25, 1923

Governing

Oct 24, 1922

Coalition

Jan 10, 1919

Party lineage

Split

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Split

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Conservatives

Dataset coverage period
1834–—
Party Facts reference percentage
55.0% · 1931
Original value
55.0
ISO alpha-3
GBR
Party Facts ID
1567
Reference names
Con · Conservatives
Created in source
Dec 29, 2012
Updated
Jul 7, 2018
Wikipedia referenceParty FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Conservative

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

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Party significance

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Candidacy

Independent media clusters

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

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Media profile

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

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Campaign signals

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Electoral history

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 2019-05-23 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,511,485
Seats
4
Original value
9.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share9.1%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 2014-05-22 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,792,549
Seats
19
Original value
23.93
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share23.9%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 2005-05-05 · Conservative Party -- cons

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
8,784,915
Seats
198
Original value
32.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share32.4%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 2009-06-04 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,198,394
Seats
25
Original value
27.70
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share27.7%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 1994-06-09 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,248,531
Seats
18
Original value
27.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share27.0%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1970-06-18 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
13,145,123
Seats
330
Original value
46.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share46.4%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1979-05-03 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
13,697,923
Seats
339
Original value
43.90
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share43.9%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1983-06-09 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
13,012,316
Seats
397
Original value
42.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share42.4%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1992-04-09 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
14,093,007
Seats
336
Original value
41.90
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share41.9%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1987-06-11 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
13,760,583
Seats
376
Original value
42.30
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share42.3%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 1979-06-10 · Conservative Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
6,508,492
Seats
60
Original value
48.40
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share48.4%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 1999-06-10 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
3,578,218
Seats
36
Original value
33.50
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share33.5%

United Kingdom — Parliamentary election — 1974-02-28 · Conservative and Unionist Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
11,872,180
Seats
297
Original value
38.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share38.0%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 1989-06-15 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
5,331,077
Seats
32
Original value
33.00
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share33.0%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 2004-06-10 · Conservative Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
4,397,087
Seats
27
Original value
26.70
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share26.7%

United Kingdom — European Parliament — 1984-06-17 · Conservative

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
5,426,866
Seats
45
Original value
38.80
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share38.8%

Sources

4

  1. 1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026