Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26747 Elected
Labour 12219
Liberal Democrat 10937
Referendum Party 2904
UK Independence Party 558
Rainbow Dream Ticket 302

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22296 Elected
Labour 10758
Liberal Democrat 10241
UK Independence Party 2236

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21882 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14155
Labour 9309
UK Independence Party 1582
Monster Raving Loony Party 608
Socialist Labour Party 342

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32134 Elected
Liberal Democrat 13541
Labour 5829
UK Independence Party 1783
Independent 378
Monster Raving Loony Party 341
English Democrats 307
The Best of a Bad Bunch 230

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35845 Elected
Labour 7229
UK Independence Party 5551
Liberal Democrat 5372
Green 2355
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 396
Independent 228

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35071 Elected
Labour 11773
Liberal Democrat 10374
Green 1074
UK Independence Party 1034
Monster Raving Loony Party 318
Independent 198

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31132 Elected
Liberal Democrat 28389
Labour 2838
Independent 347
Monster Raving Loony Party 326
Advance Together 52

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, Esher and Walton BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737129/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 29th April 2024