Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25812 Elected
Conservative 8388
Liberal Democrat 5001
Referendum Party 1394
British National Party 718
UK Independence Party 274

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19769 Elected
Conservative 8602
Liberal Democrat 3800
Socialist Labour Party 1180

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20483 Elected
Conservative 8983
Liberal Democrat 5088
British National Party 1620
UK Independence Party 1477

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19068 Elected
Conservative 13365
Liberal Democrat 5116
British National Party 2184
UK Independence Party 1139
English Democrats 465
No party listed 438
Christian People's Alliance 379
Green 322

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21209 Elected
Conservative 11684
UK Independence Party 7368
Liberal Democrat 972
Green 941
Christian People's Alliance 255
English Democrats 188

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25585 Elected
Conservative 15571
UK Independence Party 1728
Liberal Democrat 750
Green 507
Christian People's Alliance 243
Independent 80

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19882 Elected
Conservative 16124
Brexit Party 2246
Liberal Democrat 1984
Green 876
Christian People's Alliance 272

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, Erith and Thamesmead BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753937/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024