Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19694 Elected
Conservative 8333
Scottish National Party 8026
Social Democratic Party 7432
Communist Party of Great Britain 199

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21869 Elected
Scottish National Party 11496
Conservative 6828
Social Democratic Party 5840
Communist Party of Great Britain 154

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21603 Elected
Scottish National Party 14577
Conservative 8424
Liberal Democrat 3446

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21469 Elected
Scottish National Party 10631
Conservative 4964
Liberal Democrat 2331
Referendum Party 259

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17207 Elected
Scottish National Party 8078
Conservative 2836
Liberal Democrat 2628
Scottish Socialist Party 695
Rock N Roll Loony Party 211

More information about the 2001 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, Linlithgow CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736058/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 15th May 2024