Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18697 Elected
Scottish National Party 7696
Liberal Democrat 7464
Conservative 5566
Scottish Socialist Party 646
Socialist Labour Party 444
UK Independence Party 372

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23613 Elected
Scottish National Party 8333
Conservative 6381
Liberal Democrat 4597
Independent 550
Scottish Socialist Party 233

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 25601 Elected
Labour 16525
Conservative 6183
Liberal Democrat 1055
Green 703
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Party 202
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 193

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 17455 Elected
Labour 14842
Conservative 12842
Liberal Democrat 1476

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 23353 Elected
Labour 11451
Conservative 11217
Liberal Democrat 3661

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797850/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 14th May 2024