Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24531 Elected
Conservative 5037
Liberal Democrat 2479
British National Party 1198
Monster Raving Loony Party 300
Rainbow Dream Ticket 116

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20449 Elected
Conservative 4804
Liberal Democrat 2166
Green 1197
UK Independence Party 657

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15840 Elected
Respect - The Unity Coalition 6039
Conservative 3618
Liberal Democrat 3364
Green 894
Christian People's Alliance 437
UK Independence Party 409
Veritas 365

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29422 Elected
Conservative 6888
Liberal Democrat 5392
Christian People's Alliance 1327
Independent (1) 1245
National Front 1089
UK Independence Party 766
Green 645
Independent (2) 177

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 36132 Elected
Conservative 8146
UK Independence Party 3950
Green 2651
Liberal Democrat 1430
Christian People's Alliance 369
Communities United Party 115

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 46591 Elected
Conservative 9837
Liberal Democrat 1836
UK Independence Party 1134
Green 957
Christian People's Alliance 353

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 42181 Elected
Conservative 9793
Liberal Democrat 4161
Green 1780
Brexit Party 1679
Christian People's Alliance 463
Communities United Party 143

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, West Ham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747573/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st May 2024