Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27807 Elected
Conservative 11038
Liberal Democrat 4916
Referendum Party 897
Liberal 587
Rainbow Dream Ticket 173
UK Independence Party 159
Independent 38

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20999 Elected
Conservative 8689
Liberal Democrat 5805
Green 1914
Socialist Alliance 839

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19059 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10252
Conservative 9200
Green 2741
UK Independence Party 290
Veritas 241
Socialist Labour Party 149
For Integrity And Trust In Government 57

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22461 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13096
Conservative 10684
Green 1266
UK Independence Party 707

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27772 Elected
Conservative 11650
Liberal Democrat 5055
Green 4844
UK Independence Party 1606
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 248
Independent 125
All People's Party 62

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39069 Elected
Conservative 10940
Liberal Democrat 4475
Green 1408
Independent (1) 121
Independent (2) 103

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36521 Elected
Green 9211
Conservative 9160
Brexit Party 571
Christian People's Alliance 242
UK Independence Party 73

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over three 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 ...


your 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 including Isle of Wight nationalists.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dulwich and West Norwood BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739424/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th May 2024