Political Parties


Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25994 Elected
Conservative 17208

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28457 Elected
Conservative 18797

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29820 Elected
Conservative 18861

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27608 Elected
Conservative 13192
Scottish National Party 7974

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30802 Elected
Conservative 18328
Scottish National Party 9047

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32220 Elected
Conservative 20478
Scottish National Party 19450

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28652 Elected
Scottish National Party 24568
Conservative 11046
Liberal 4793

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 37733 Elected
Conservative 20797
Scottish National Party 13260
Liberal 7129

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19401 Elected
Social Democratic Party 13245
Conservative 9922
Scottish National Party 2826

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22553 Elected
Social Democratic Party 10300
Conservative 8527
Scottish National Party 4947
Green 412

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20588 Elected
Scottish National Party 10254
Conservative 9443
Liberal Democrat 6164
Green 476

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18861 Elected
Scottish National Party 8991
Conservative 3842
Liberal Democrat 3235
Referendum Party 320

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15145 Elected
Scottish National Party 6131
Liberal Democrat 3686
Conservative 2748
Scottish Socialist Party 837
ProLife Alliance 177

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17153 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9888
Scottish National Party 6400
Conservative 3537
Scottish Socialist Party 726

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18449 Elected
Scottish National Party 8100
Liberal Democrat 6711
Conservative 4661
Green 595
UK Independence Party 364
Independent 196
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 166

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 24453 Elected
Labour 14594
Conservative 5760
Green 1219
UK Independence Party 1173
Liberal Democrat 1132

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16458 Elected
Scottish National Party 15573
Conservative 11521
Liberal Democrat 1721

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 20033 Elected
Labour 14328
Conservative 10467
Liberal Democrat 3393

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736368/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 30th April 2024