Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9374 Elected
Conservative 5224
Scottish National Party 3147
Labour 2665

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8881 Elected
Conservative 4959
Labour 3995
Orkney & Shetland Movement 3095
Green 389

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 9575 Elected
Conservative 4542
Labour 4093
Scottish National Party 2301
Natural Law 115

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 10743 Elected
Labour 3775
Scottish National Party 2624
Conservative 2527
Referendum Party 820
Natural Law 116
Independent 60

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 6919 Elected
Labour 3444
Conservative 3121
Scottish National Party 2473
Scottish Socialist Party 776

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 9138 Elected
Labour 2511
Conservative 2357
Scottish National Party 1833
Scottish Socialist Party 992
UK Independence Party 424
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 311
Free Scotland Party 176

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 11989 Elected
Labour 2061
Scottish National Party 2042
Conservative 2032
UK Independence Party 1222

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 9407 Elected
Scottish National Party 8590
Conservative 2025
Labour 1624
UK Independence Party 1082

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 11312 Elected
Scottish National Party 6749
Labour 2664
Conservative 2024
UK Independence Party 283
Independent 245

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 10381 Elected
Scottish National Party 7874
Conservative 2287
Labour 1550
Brexit Party 900
Independent 168

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, Orkney and Shetland CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12757128/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024