Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26894 Elected
Conservative 10693
Liberal Democrat 5434
Socialist Labour Party 1311
Referendum Party 1157
Natural Law 249

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20441 Elected
Conservative 7076
British National Party 6552
Liberal Democrat 4975
Green 918

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18452 Elected
Conservative 7998
Liberal Democrat 7519
British National Party 2606
UK Independence Party 987

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19503 Elected
Conservative 10151
Liberal Democrat 8193
British National Party 3049
UK Independence Party 1387
Respect 627

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23630 Elected
UK Independence Party 8892
Conservative 8187
Liberal Democrat 1589
Green 839

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17209 Elected
UK Independence Party 6487
Conservative 2596
Liberal Democrat 1024
Green 249
Monster Raving Loony Party 141

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29846 Elected
Conservative 12648
UK Independence Party 1899
Liberal Democrat 956
Green 439

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24579 Elected
Conservative 13452
Brexit Party 3316
Liberal Democrat 1484
Green 681
Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth 533
UK Independence Party 389

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, Oldham West and Royton BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739590/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 06th June 2024