Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18515 Elected
Liberal 7214
Conservative 6764
Scottish National Party 2573
Communist Party of Great Britain 864

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25381 Elected
Conservative 5792
Liberal 4122
Scottish National Party 3901

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23692 Elected
Conservative 6248
Scottish National Party 5746
Liberal Democrat 2262

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24441 Elected
Scottish National Party 5690
Conservative 3656
Liberal Democrat 2164
Referendum Party 632

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19487 Elected
Scottish National Party 4424
Conservative 2838
Liberal Democrat 2281
Scottish Socialist Party 770
UK Independence Party 286

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, Dunfermline East CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748644/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 09th October 2024