Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23264 Elected
Scottish National Party 8541
Liberal Democrat 7904
Conservative 4776
Green 1575
Independent (1) 1513
Independent (2) 160

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26241 Elected
Scottish National Party 11738
Conservative 6613
Liberal Democrat 5052
Green 1003
Independent 299

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 33678 Elected
Labour 17151
Conservative 7129
UK Independence Party 1221
Liberal Democrat 1042
Independent 318

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 21023 Elected
Labour 17157
Conservative 13704
Liberal Democrat 1590
UK Independence Party 628

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 26113 Elected
Labour 12791
Conservative 11961
Liberal Democrat 3760
Green 1153
UK Independence Party 559

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 Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797734/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 18th May 2024