Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16629 Elected
Social Democratic Party 6701
Scottish National Party 5875
Conservative 4590

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21385 Elected
Scottish National Party 6982
Social Democratic Party 4059
Conservative 3227

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19855 Elected
Scottish National Party 10640
Conservative 4143
Liberal Democrat 2118

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21141 Elected
Scottish National Party 10013
Conservative 2441
Liberal Democrat 1368
People's Labour Party 609
Scottish Socialist Alliance 345
Referendum Party 107

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16144 Elected
Scottish National Party 8624
Liberal Democrat 1934
Conservative 1460
Scottish Socialist Party 1287
Scottish Freedom Referendum Party 250

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, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748607/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st May 2024