Political Parties


Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24418 Elected
Scottish National Party 10324
Conservative 9098
Communist Party 2019

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 22400 Elected
Scottish National Party 14414
Conservative 5308
Communist Party 1040

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 27619 Elected
Conservative 9597
Scottish National Party 9208
Communist Party 1172

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17008 Elected
Liberal 9214
Conservative 8863
Scottish National Party 4039
Ecology Party 297

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22827 Elected
Conservative 7118
Liberal 6487
Scottish National Party 6296

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21036 Elected
Scottish National Party 10458
Conservative 7353
Liberal Democrat 2892

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23912 Elected
Scottish National Party 10199
Conservative 3669
Liberal Democrat 2610
Referendum Party 375

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18310 Elected
Scottish National Party 8235
Liberal Democrat 2775
Conservative 2351
Scottish Socialist Party 841

More information about the 2001 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, Central Fife CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748541/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th April 2024