Political Parties


Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20307 Elected
Conservative 16445
Liberal Democrat 9656
UK Independence Party 2055

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26359 Elected
Conservative 14513
UK Independence Party 4879
Liberal Democrat 2086
Green 1184

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32830 Elected
Conservative 17212
Liberal Democrat 1381
Green 656

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29254 Elected
Conservative 14132
Liberal Democrat 3386
Brexit Party 2425
Green 1261
Liberal 285
Renew Party 137

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election


The election result data we hold includes over two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sefton Central CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13093751/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 05th November 2024