Political Parties


Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17579 Elected
Scottish National Party 12118
Liberal 5129
Labour 4464

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16592 Elected
Scottish National Party 12919
Liberal 6001
Labour 5298
Independent 230

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18681 Elected
Scottish National Party 16213
Labour 5766
Liberal Democrat 3826

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 18449 Elected
Conservative 12825
Labour 6861
Liberal Democrat 2700
Independent 566
Referendum Party 428
UK Independence Party 189

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12222 Elected
Scottish National Party 12148
Labour 7258
Liberal Democrat 3698
Scottish Socialist Party 588

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, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748723/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024