Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16868 Elected
Conservative 8329
Labour 2200
Scottish National Party 1455

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14599 Elected
Conservative 8657
Labour 3320
Scottish National Party 2660

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 12296 Elected
Conservative 9776
Scottish National Party 5244
Labour 3328
Liberal 177

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 12178 Elected
Labour 10689
Conservative 8623
Scottish National Party 6671
Referendum Party 406
Liberal 387
Natural Law 47

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 14035 Elected
Labour 8878
Conservative 5118
Scottish National Party 4108
Scottish Socialist Party 695
Liberal 383

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, Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749041/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024