Political Parties


Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15899 Elected
Liberal Democrat 9697
Scottish National Party 6760
Conservative 4093
Green 2266
Scottish Socialist Party 868
Death 89
Independent 37

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17314 Elected
Scottish National Party 8133
Liberal Democrat 7751
Conservative 4358
Green 2035
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 274

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 23188 Elected
Labour 14082
Conservative 4670
Green 2809
Liberal Democrat 1325
UK Independence Party 898
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 117

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 18509 Elected
Labour 15084
Conservative 8081
Liberal Democrat 1849

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 23165 Elected
Labour 12748
Conservative 6549
Liberal Democrat 3289
Green 2064

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, Edinburgh East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797552/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024