Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22546 Elected
Liberal Democrat 19157
Conservative 10666
Referendum Party 1116
Socialist Labour Party 470
Natural Law 146

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17537 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14811
Conservative 7304
British National Party 5091
UK Independence Party 677

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17968 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14378
Conservative 7901
British National Party 2109
UK Independence Party 873
Independent 138

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14186 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14083
Conservative 11773
British National Party 2546
UK Independence Party 1720
Christian Party 212

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jan, 2011
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14718 Elected
Liberal Democrat 11160
Conservative 4481
UK Independence Party 2029
British National Party 1560
Green 530
Monster Raving Loony Party 145
English Democrats 144
Pirate Party 96
Bus-Pass Elvis Party 67

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17529 Elected
Conservative 11527
UK Independence Party 8557
Liberal Democrat 5718
Green 1152

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25629 Elected
Conservative 17447
UK Independence Party 2278
Liberal Democrat 1683

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20088 Elected
Conservative 18589
Brexit Party 2980
Liberal Democrat 2423
Proud of Oldham & Saddleworth 1073
Green 778
Independent 233

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12739904/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 17th May 2024