Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15633 Elected
Liberal 9104
Conservative 7819
Scottish National Party 4918
Ecology Party 271

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21611 Elected
Liberal 5826
Conservative 5644
Scottish National Party 5398

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Nov, 1990
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12485 Elected
Scottish National Party 7455
Conservative 3627
Liberal Democrat 2660
Green 835

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 18202 Elected
Scottish National Party 8653
Conservative 5703
Liberal Democrat 3271
Natural Law 93

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21482 Elected
Scottish National Party 8732
Liberal Democrat 3500
Conservative 3237
Referendum Party 254
Scottish Socialist Alliance 146

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Nov, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10346 Elected
Scottish National Party 7615
Liberal Democrat 2582
Conservative 1643
Pro Life Alliance 578
Scottish Socialist Alliance 306
Scottish Independent Labour - Justified & Ancient 155
Socialist Labour Party 153
Natural Law 57

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17830 Elected
Scottish National Party 5920
Liberal Democrat 3178
Conservative 2301
Scottish Socialist Party 835
ProLife Alliance 346
Independent 126

More information about the 2001 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, Paisley South BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755387/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 04th June 2024