Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19269 Elected
Scottish National Party 9170
Liberal 7255
Labour 2057

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18307 Elected
Scottish National Party 13291
Liberal 5201
Labour 3550

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20283 Elected
Scottish National Party 16288
Liberal Democrat 3791
Labour 3094

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 20447 Elected
Conservative 16287
Labour 5141
Liberal Democrat 3716

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Scottish National Party 15441 Elected
Conservative 12158
Labour 5715
Liberal Democrat 4365
Scottish Socialist Party 620
Independent 220

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, North Tayside CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746635/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 06th November 2024