Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21020 Elected
Scottish National Party 8229
Conservative 4024
Liberal Democrat 2331
Socialist Labour Party 797
Referendum Party 218

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16681 Elected
Scottish National Party 5725
Conservative 3155
Liberal Democrat 2791
Scottish Socialist Party 1260
Socialist Labour Party 61

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21327 Elected
Scottish National Party 6105
Liberal Democrat 4464
Conservative 3440
Scottish Socialist Party 1019
Free Scotland Party 384
Operation Christian Vote 370

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23910 Elected
Scottish National Party 7104
Liberal Democrat 3840
Conservative 3660
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 609

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 27275 Elected
Labour 15377
Conservative 3695
UK Independence Party 1289
Liberal Democrat 601

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 16150 Elected
Labour 15832
Conservative 8490
Liberal Democrat 920
UK Independence Party 534

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 20622 Elected
Labour 14354
Conservative 7150
Liberal Democrat 1675
UK Independence Party 619

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, Motherwell and Wishaw BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757773/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024