Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19100 Elected
Labour 4851
Conservative 3275
Scottish National Party 3119
Green 1097
UK Independence Party 500
Scottish Socialist Party 412
Independent 184

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 18335 Elected
Labour 5265
Scottish National Party 5263
Conservative 4260
Green 777
UK Independence Party 659
Independent 279

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 20119 Elected
Liberal Democrat 14995
Conservative 2598
Labour 2043
Green 1051
UK Independence Party 814
Independent 191

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 15480 Elected
Conservative 9561
Liberal Democrat 8042
Labour 4695
Independent 499
Something New 177

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 19263 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9820
Conservative 6900
Labour 2448
Brexit Party 710
Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 460
Scottish Family Party 268

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, Ross Skye and Lochaber CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797886/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024