Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24725 Elected
Scottish National Party 5206
Liberal Democrat 4605
Conservative 2775
Scottish Socialist Party 1033

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27728 Elected
Scottish National Party 7014
Liberal Democrat 3519
Conservative 3374

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 28696 Elected
Labour 17195
Conservative 3209
UK Independence Party 1049
Liberal Democrat 549

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19193 Elected
Scottish National Party 17607
Conservative 7318
Liberal Democrat 922

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 22680 Elected
Labour 17056
Conservative 6113
Liberal Democrat 1564
Green 808

More information about the 2019 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, Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshill BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797539/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024