Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21072 Elected
Social Democratic Party 12477
Labour 9083
Scottish National Party 2618

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19388 Elected
Social Democratic Party 13374
Labour 12305
Scottish National Party 4033

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24124 Elected
Labour 12436
Liberal Democrat 8493
Scottish National Party 6372
Natural Law 146

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20766 Elected
Conservative 17530
Scottish National Party 6826
Liberal Democrat 6110
Referendum Party 497
People's Labour Party 393
UK Independence Party 130

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23036 Elected
Conservative 13895
Liberal Democrat 6239
Scottish National Party 4137
Scottish Socialist Party 814
Independent 247

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20815 Elected
Conservative 14158
Liberal Democrat 8659
Scottish National Party 3245
Scottish Socialist Party 528

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25987 Elected
Conservative 15567
Liberal Democrat 4720
Scottish National Party 4535
UK Independence Party 372

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 23013 Elected
Labour 19295
Conservative 12465
Liberal Democrat 1069
UK Independence Party 888

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21496 Elected
Scottish National Party 16784
Labour 14346
Liberal Democrat 1112

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 24877 Elected
Conservative 19451
Labour 6855
Liberal Democrat 4174

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, East Renfrewshire CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755284/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 08th June 2024