Political Parties


Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28705 Elected
Conservative 14227
Liberal Democrat 4537
Referendum Party 1663
Independent 1615
Socialist Labour Party 1120
Monster Raving Loony Party 499

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23049 Elected
Conservative 12345
Liberal Democrat 5670

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22139 Elected
Conservative 12912
Liberal Democrat 5934
UK Independence Party 2170

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18271 Elected
Labour 15076
Liberal Democrat 7732
British National Party 2168
UK Independence Party 1580
Independent (1) 380
Get Snouts Out TheTrough 259
Independent (2) 93

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20811 Elected
Labour 15888
UK Independence Party 8224
Liberal Democrat 1270
Green 906

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26318 Elected
Labour 17927
UK Independence Party 2018
Green 815
Liberal Democrat 794

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31636 Elected
Labour 11757
Green 2920

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, Cannock Chase CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748528/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 14th May 2024