Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21127 Elected
Conservative 9434
Liberal 6852

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Dec, 1985
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13517 Elected
Social Democratic Party (1981) 6942
Conservative 2588
Independent (1) 250
Independent (2) 38
Independent (3) 32

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23131 Elected
Conservative 7558
Social Democratic Party 6005

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22328 Elected
Conservative 7118
Liberal Democrat 3804

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26767 Elected
Conservative 3861
Liberal Democrat 2785
Referendum Party 919
Socialist Party of Great Britain 518

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18345 Elected
Conservative 3456
Liberal Democrat 3213
Socialist Labour Party 533
Socialist Alliance 485

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16151 Elected
Liberal Democrat 5751
Conservative 2962
British National Party 1072
Respect - The Unity Coalition 447

More information about the 2005 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, Tyne Bridge BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754280/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024