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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8387 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6950 | |
| Independent | 425 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8039 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 6709 | |
| Liberal | 916 | |
| Scottish National Party | 820 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8487 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 6315 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8663 | Elected |
| National Liberal & Conservative | 7496 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8740 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4894 | |
| Conservative | 2217 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8565 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2832 | |
| Liberal | 2638 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6568 | Elected |
| Labour | 5842 | |
| Conservative | 2822 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 10079 | Elected |
| Labour | 2879 | |
| Conservative | 1042 | |
| Western Isles Labour | 1031 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 8758 | Elected |
| Labour | 3526 | |
| Conservative | 1180 | |
| Liberal | 789 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 7941 | Elected |
| Labour | 4878 | |
| Conservative | 1600 | |
| Liberal | 700 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 8272 | Elected |
| Labour | 4560 | |
| Conservative | 1460 | |
| Liberal | 876 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 7041 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 4701 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 3419 | |
| Conservative | 1336 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 7664 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 5961 | |
| Conservative | 1362 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 552 | |
| Independent | 491 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 8955 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 5379 | |
| Conservative | 1071 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 495 | |
| Referendum Party | 206 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 5924 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 4850 | |
| Conservative | 1250 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 849 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 286 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6213 | Elected |
| Labour | 4772 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1096 | |
| Operation Christian Vote | 1048 | |
| Conservative | 610 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 97 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6723 | Elected |
| Labour | 4838 | |
| Independent | 1412 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1097 | |
| Conservative | 647 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 8662 | Elected |
| Labour | 4560 | |
| Conservative | 1215 | |
| Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 1045 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 456 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6013 | Elected |
| Labour | 5006 | |
| Conservative | 2441 | |
| Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 1108 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 250 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Scottish National Party | 6531 | Elected |
| Labour | 4093 | |
| Conservative | 3216 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 637 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 6692 | Elected |
| Scottish National Party | 2856 | |
| Independent | 1370 | |
| Reform UK | 697 | |
| Conservative | 647 | |
| Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 496 | |
| Scottish Family Party | 388 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 382 | |
More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Na H Eileanan An Iar Constituency (CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12748267/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 28th July 2026