Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17501 Elected
Liberal 13801
Labour 12308
Scottish National Party 4408

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19639 Elected
Conservative 17187
Liberal 11034
Scottish National Party 3654

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21267 Elected
Conservative 18105
Scottish National Party 6275
Liberal Democrat 4585
Natural Law 90

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26278 Elected
Conservative 9986
Scottish National Party 8111
Liberal Democrat 4843
Referendum Party 339
Natural Law 155

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19250 Elected
Liberal Democrat 7533
Scottish National Party 6675
Conservative 6635
Scottish Socialist Party 1393

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747238/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th April 2024