Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25538 Elected
Conservative 9603
Social Democratic Party 8082

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30205 Elected
Conservative 10113
Social Democratic Party 6031

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32939 Elected
Conservative 10490
Liberal Democrat 4629

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30225 Elected
Conservative 6266
Liberal Democrat 3867
Referendum Party 1423

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22798 Elected
Conservative 6349
Liberal Democrat 3652
UK Independence Party 979

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21225 Elected
Conservative 6169
Liberal Democrat 4800
British National Party 1798
UK Independence Party 1604

More information about the 2005 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, Wentworth CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12742356/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th April 2024