Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16090 Elected
Liberal 12638
Labour 9387
Plaid Cymru 704

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15241 Elected
Labour 13255
Liberal 12062
Plaid Cymru 535

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 18014 Elected
Conservative 14549
Liberal Democrat 9170
Plaid Cymru 748
Green 330
Natural Law 105

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18464 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10541
Conservative 8470
Socialist Labour Party 2230
Plaid Cymru 1504
Referendum Party 760
Monster Raving Loony Party 204
Natural Law 80

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13451 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12792
Conservative 5537
Plaid Cymru 1680
Green 661
Socialist Alliance 283
UK Independence Party 221
ProLife Alliance 217

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 17991 Elected
Labour 12398
Conservative 3339
Plaid Cymru 1271
Respect - The Unity Coalition 386
UK Independence Party 383
Independent 168
New Millennium Bean Party 159
Vote For Yourself 37

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 14976 Elected
Labour 10400
Conservative 7799
Plaid Cymru 1246
UK Independence Party 765
Green 575
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 162
Monster Raving Loony Party 142
Independent 86

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15462 Elected
Liberal Democrat 10481
Conservative 5674
UK Independence Party 2499
Green 2461
Plaid Cymru 1925
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 110
Independent 34

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25193 Elected
Conservative 7997
Liberal Democrat 5415
Plaid Cymru 999
Green 420
UK Independence Party 343

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25605 Elected
Conservative 8426
Liberal Democrat 6298
Brexit Party 1006
Gwlad Gwlad 280
Independent 119
Socialist Party of Great Britain 88

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, Cardiff Central BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757207/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 21st May 2024