Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26988 Elected
Conservative 22700

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24440 Elected
Conservative 16546
Liberal 6314

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27039 Elected
Conservative 18877
Liberal 3193

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22048 Elected
Conservative 18959
Social Democratic Party 7422

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24296 Elected
Conservative 17007
Liberal 7047
Independent 1786

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26816 Elected
Conservative 18034
Liberal Democrat 6860

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26997 Elected
Conservative 9489
Liberal Democrat 6248
Referendum Party 1718

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22506 Elected
Conservative 7935
Liberal Democrat 5717
Socialist Labour Party 912
Independent (1) 557
Independent (2) 424

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Sep, 2004
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12752 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10719
UK Independence Party 3193
Conservative 3044
Respect - The Unity Coalition 572
Green 255
National Front 246
Fathers-4-Justice 139
Socialist Labour Party 95
The Common Good 91
Independent (1) 90
Monster Raving Loony Party 80
Independent (2) 45
English Democrats 41

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18251 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10773
Conservative 4058
UK Independence Party 1256
Socialist Labour Party 373
Green 288
Independent 275
Monster Raving Loony Party 162

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16267 Elected
Conservative 10758
Liberal Democrat 6533
UK Independence Party 2682
British National Party 2002

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14076 Elected
UK Independence Party 11052
Conservative 8256
Independent (1) 2954
Green 1341
Save Hartlepool Hospital 849
Liberal Democrat 761
Independent (2) 201

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21969 Elected
Conservative 14319
UK Independence Party 4801
Liberal Democrat 746

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15464 Elected
Conservative 11869
Brexit Party 10603
Liberal Democrat 1696
Independent 911
Socialist Labour Party 494

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2021
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15529 Elected
Labour 8589
Independent (1) 2904
Heritage Party 468
Reform UK 368
Green 358
Liberal Democrat 349
Independent (2) 250
Independent (3) 248
The North East Party 163
Independent (4) 157
Women's Equality 140
Independent (5) 126
Official Monster Raving Loony Party 108
Social Democratic Party (1990) 104
Freedom Alliance - Integrity, Society, Economy 72

This was a by-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, Hartlepool BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746027/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024