Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20072 Elected
Liberal Democrat 8125
Scottish National Party 7746
Conservative 5576
Scottish Socialist Party 802
UK Independence Party 437
Independent 416
Operation Christian Vote 415

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23258 Elected
Scottish National Party 9780
Conservative 6981
Liberal Democrat 5249
Independent 670
UK Independence Party 616

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 26976 Elected
Labour 16876
Conservative 8772
UK Independence Party 1431
Liberal Democrat 1203

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 16444 Elected
Conservative 16178
Labour 16084
Liberal Democrat 1214
UK Independence Party 550

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 22243 Elected
Conservative 17056
Labour 10736
Liberal Democrat 3037

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, Lanark and Hamilton East CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797795/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 01st May 2024