Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22348 Elected
Labour 20843
Liberal Democrat 6535
Referendum Party 1348
People's Labour Party 313
UK Independence Party 270
Natural Law 125

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20113 Elected
Labour 17172
Liberal Democrat 6283

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20569 Elected
Labour 13410
Liberal Democrat 9595
UK Independence Party 736

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24176 Elected
Liberal Democrat 12581
Labour 11073
UK Independence Party 1563

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26771 Elected
Labour 13481
Liberal Democrat 4235
UK Independence Party 4047
Green 1983

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26933 Elected
Labour 20507
Liberal Democrat 4051
Green 1000
Liberal 299

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26311 Elected
Labour 20172
Liberal Democrat 6036
Green 1566
Liberal 454
Independent 224

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, Altrincham and Sale West BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744626/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024