Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15810 Elected
Conservative 13695
Social Democratic Party 9813
Scottish National Party 3768

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19778 Elected
Conservative 14556
Social Democratic Party 6060
Scottish National Party 5564

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19255 Elected
Conservative 13126
Scottish National Party 8127
Liberal Democrat 3425
Natural Law 192

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20470 Elected
Scottish National Party 9587
Conservative 7283
Liberal Democrat 3144
Scottish Socialist Alliance 283
Referendum Party 255
UK Independence Party 242

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16151 Elected
Scottish National Party 6576
Liberal Democrat 5265
Conservative 4648
Scottish Socialist Party 1354

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755788/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 09th June 2024