Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17476 Elected
Conservative 10234
Liberal Democrat 9252
Scottish National Party 4654
Green 1520
Scottish Socialist Party 585
UK Independence Party 205

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19473 Elected
Conservative 11026
Liberal Democrat 8194
Scottish National Party 5530
Green 872
Scottish Socialist Party 319
Communist League 48

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 22168 Elected
Labour 14033
Conservative 10444
Green 1965
Liberal Democrat 1920
UK Independence Party 1072

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 17575 Elected
Conservative 16478
Labour 13213
Liberal Democrat 2124

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 24830 Elected
Conservative 12848
Labour 7478
Liberal Democrat 4971
Green 1265
Brexit Party 625
Social Democratic Party (1990) 114

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, Edinburgh South West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797564/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th April 2024