Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21393 Elected
Labour 12209
Social Democratic Party 11251
National Front 402
Ecology Party 219

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24039 Elected
Labour 13345
Social Democratic Party 9609

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25817 Elected
Labour 16652
Liberal Democrat 5366
Independent Independent SD 453

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22066 Elected
Conservative 16386
Liberal Democrat 3446
Referendum Party 1595
Independent 259
People's Labour Party 189

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16514 Elected
Conservative 15032
Liberal Democrat 2928
UK Independence Party 893
Third Way 190

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16355 Elected
Labour 15875
Liberal Democrat 2894
British National Party 1313
UK Independence Party 1033
Residents' Association of London 395
Third Way 304

More information about the 2005 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, Hornchurch BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757736/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024