Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25779 Elected
Conservative 6421
Socialist Labour Party 2697
Liberal Democrat 2599
British National Party 1258
Referendum Party 845
National Democratic Resistance 290

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27241 Elected
Conservative 6209
Liberal Democrat 2600
Socialist Labour Party 783
UK Independence Party 444

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21326 Elected
Respect - The Unity Coalition 8171
Conservative 5196
Liberal Democrat 4296
Christian People's Alliance 580

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35471 Elected
Conservative 7645
Liberal Democrat 5849
English Democrats 822
Green 586

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 40563 Elected
Conservative 6311
UK Independence Party 2622
Green 1299
Liberal Democrat 856
Communities United Party 409
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 230

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 47124 Elected
Conservative 7241
UK Independence Party 697
Liberal Democrat 656
Green 474
Friends Party 311
Independent 130

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 41703 Elected
Conservative 8527
Liberal Democrat 2158
Brexit Party 1107
Green 883
Communities United Party 250

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, East Ham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745655/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 17th May 2024