Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26366 Elected
Conservative 16029
Liberal Democrat 4169
Referendum Party 1244
National Democratic Resistance 592
Green 361

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20804 Elected
Conservative 13445
Liberal Democrat 4089
UK Independence Party 936

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19243 Elected
Conservative 14906
Liberal Democrat 5204
UK Independence Party 1974

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18115 Elected
Labour 16092
Liberal Democrat 6515
UK Independence Party 2824
Independent 433

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18933 Elected
Labour 15851
UK Independence Party 7280
Liberal Democrat 905
Green 849

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23012 Elected
Labour 17759
UK Independence Party 2126
Liberal Democrat 859
Green 440
Independent 183

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25607 Elected
Labour 13533
Liberal Democrat 1738
Green 934
Independent (1) 232
Independent (2) 190
Independent (3) 111

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, Halesowen and Rowley Regis BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755909/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024