Political Parties


Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21624 Elected
Labour 12944
Liberal Democrat 8484
UK Independence Party 1515
British National Party 1149
English Democrats 464
Green 356
No party listed 141
Medway Independent 109

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22590 Elected
Labour 12060
UK Independence Party 9199
Liberal Democrat 1707
Green 1133
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 273
Independent (1) 72
Independent (2) 44

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27091 Elected
Labour 17661
UK Independence Party 2097
Liberal Democrat 1372
Green 520
Christian People's Alliance 127

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28173 Elected
Labour 13054
Liberal Democrat 2503
Green 1043
UK Independence Party 837
Independent 229
Christian People's Alliance 119

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, Gillingham and Rainham BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13093428/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 21st May 2024