Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22659 Elected
Labour 15262
Liberal Democrat 12542
Referendum Party 1668
UK Independence Party 491
Natural Law 159

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21970 Elected
Labour 14826
Liberal Democrat 8616
UK Independence Party 1492

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21906 Elected
Liberal Democrat 11765
Labour 11545
UK Independence Party 3669

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27908 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12034
Labour 6193
UK Independence Party 3084
Green 641

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28500 Elected
Labour 8391
UK Independence Party 7306
Liberal Democrat 3767
Green 2408

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31634 Elected
Labour 15818
Liberal Democrat 2732
UK Independence Party 1540
Green 1133

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33286 Elected
Labour 11856
Liberal Democrat 6207
Green 2018

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, South West Devon CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747100/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 13th May 2024