Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15950 Elected
Labour 14623
Social Democratic Party 9630
Plaid Cymru 1312

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21893 Elected
Conservative 17513
Social Democratic Party 5590
Plaid Cymru 1065

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24143 Elected
Conservative 16817
Liberal Democrat 4827
Plaid Cymru 1301

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25115 Elected
Conservative 9867
Liberal Democrat 4968
Referendum Party 1662
Plaid Cymru 1649

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19423 Elected
Conservative 9377
Liberal Democrat 5330
Plaid Cymru 2653
ProLife Alliance 223

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16410 Elected
Conservative 9887
Liberal Democrat 7949
Plaid Cymru 2527
Green 595
UK Independence Party 491

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13931 Elected
Conservative 11668
Liberal Democrat 8658
Plaid Cymru 2269
British National Party 1020
UK Independence Party 801

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14624 Elected
Conservative 12697
UK Independence Party 5911
Plaid Cymru 2784
Liberal Democrat 1648
Independent 763
Green 736
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 118
Pirate Party UK 106
National Front 66

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21913 Elected
Conservative 17213
Plaid Cymru 1783
Liberal Democrat 919
UK Independence Party 781
Independent 646

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18193 Elected
Labour 17036
Liberal Democrat 2368
Plaid Cymru 2013
Brexit Party 1811
Green 815

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, Bridgend CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748498/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 22nd May 2024