Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19831 Elected
Labour 16444
Conservative 2835
British National Party 713
Referendum Party 543
Communist Party of Great Britain 175
Liberal 157
National Democratic Resistance 95

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 20991 Elected
Labour 11359
Conservative 2800
Green 752
National Front 612
UK Independence Party 271
Independent 77

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 17874 Elected
Labour 12468
Conservative 4752
Green 1137
UK Independence Party 791
National Front 704
Christian People's Alliance 233

More information about the 2005 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, North Southwark and Bermondsey BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741352/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th May 2024