Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19904 Elected
Liberal Democrat 6672
Scottish National Party 6653
Conservative 3188
Scottish Socialist Party 789
Pride in Paisley Party 381
Independent 166
Socialist Labour Party 107

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23842 Elected
Scottish National Party 7228
Conservative 3979
Liberal Democrat 3812
Independent (1) 513
Scottish Socialist Party 375
Independent (2) 249

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 23548 Elected
Labour 17864
Conservative 3526
Liberal Democrat 1010
Scottish Socialist Party 278

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 16964 Elected
Labour 14423
Conservative 8122
Liberal Democrat 1327
Independent 876

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 21637 Elected
Labour 10958
Conservative 7571
Liberal Democrat 2918

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, Paisley and Renfrewshire South CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797862/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024