Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15559 Elected
Labour 13920
Social Democratic Party 7268
Scottish National Party 3460

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19016 Elected
Conservative 14594
Social Democratic Party 5185
Scottish National Party 4076

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17564 Elected
Conservative 14625
Scottish National Party 7813
Liberal Democrat 2864

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20686 Elected
Conservative 9647
Scottish National Party 7584
Liberal Democrat 2271
Socialist Labour Party 501
Referendum Party 440

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15571 Elected
Scottish National Party 7173
Conservative 6666
Liberal Democrat 3060
Scottish Socialist Party 964
Socialist Labour Party 382

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745485/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 20th May 2024