Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21394 Elected
Conservative 10024
Social Democratic Party 7421
Scottish National Party 2694

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25669 Elected
Conservative 8867
Social Democratic Party 4106
Scottish National Party 4094

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25182 Elected
Conservative 8516
Scottish National Party 6910
Liberal Democrat 2005

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29398 Elected
Conservative 8336
Scottish National Party 8190
Liberal Democrat 2613
Referendum Party 634

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22174 Elected
Conservative 7318
Scottish National Party 6258
Liberal Democrat 2932
Scottish Socialist Party 1058
Socialist Labour Party 367

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, Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748530/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th April 2024