Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34747 Elected
Conservative 8600
Liberal Democrat 5499
Socialist Labour Party 857

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25035 Elected
Conservative 6108
Liberal Democrat 5173
Socialist Labour Party 574
Independent (1) 356
Independent (2) 271

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23461 Elected
Liberal Democrat 7192
Conservative 5064
British National Party 872
Socialist Labour Party 464

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, Knowsley North and Sefton East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746179/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 18th May 2024