Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18653 Elected
Scottish National Party 4757
Liberal Democrat 3593
Conservative 1786
Scottish Socialist Party 1666
Independent Green Voice 379
Socialist Labour Party 143

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19863 Elected
Scottish National Party 5192
Liberal Democrat 2870
Conservative 2084
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 931
British National Party 841

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 23388 Elected
Labour & Co-operative 13438
Conservative 2036
UK Independence Party 970
Green 507
Liberal Democrat 406
Scottish Socialist Party 176

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 14386 Elected
Labour 14326
Conservative 5524
Liberal Democrat 661
UK Independence Party 481

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 17643 Elected
Labour 12743
Conservative 4224
Liberal Democrat 1435
Brexit Party 802

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797620/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 24th April 2024