Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) election results explained
This article lists the election results of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in UK elections, founded following the 1990 dissolution of the "Continuing" Social Democratic Party after the even further dissolution in 1988 of the original Social Democratic Party.
Local government elections
| Authority | Ward | Candidate | Votes |
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| Neath Port Talbot | Aberavon | Anthony Taylor | 1,080 |
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| Aberavon | Jeffrey Dinham | |
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| Aberavon | Thomas John Sullivan | | |
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| Council | Seat | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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| Amber Valley | Ripley | Edwin Taylor | 69 | 2.6 |
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| Barnsley | Dearne North | Steve Vajda | 16 | 1.1 |
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| Barnsley | Dearne South | Dave Jarvis | 446 | 24.9 |
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| Bradford | Keighley East | Andrew Vann | 37 | 1.0 |
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| Cheshire East | Poynton East and Pott Shrigley | Tim O’Rourke | 157 | 3.3 |
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| Derbyshire Dales | Hulland | Richard Bright | 145 | 18.9 |
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| Kirklees | Birstall and Brenshaw | Mark Steele | 53 | 1.4 |
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| St Gabriels | Patricia Jameson | 26 | |
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| Leeds | Ardsley and Robin Hood | Daniel Whetsone | 101 | 1.9 |
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| Leeds | Beeston and Holbeck | Nigel Perry | 107 | 2.7 |
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| Leeds | Bramley and Stanningly | Richard Riley | 62 | 1.4 |
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| Leeds | Burmantofts and Richmond Hill | Paul Whetstone | 59 | 1.5 |
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| Leeds | Chapel Allerton | Sasha Watson | 48 | 0.8 |
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| Leeds | Farnley and Wartley | Jack Bellfield | 17 | 0.3 |
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| Leeds | Hunslet and Riverside | Thomas Foster | 48 | 1.1 |
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| Leeds | Middleton Park | Emma Pogson-Golden | 1,985 | 45.9 |
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| Leeds | Morley North | Richard Cowles | 25 | 0.4 |
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| Leeds | Morley South | Andrew Martin | 41 | 0.8 |
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| Leeds | Rothwell | Sarah Welbourne | 21 | 0.4 |
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| Leeds | Temple Newsam | Wendy Whetstone | 61 | 1.2 |
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| Leeds | Weetwood | Rob Walker | 47 | 0.7 |
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| South Oxfordshire | Cholsey | Kym Pomlett | 188 | 6.1 |
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| South Oxfordshire | Didcot South | Owen Edwards | 327 | 12.1 |
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| Manchester | Didsbury West | Wendy Andrew | 26 | 0.5 |
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| Medway | Hempstead and Wigmore | Peter Wheeler | 58 | 2.2 |
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| Medway | Wayfield and Weeds Wood | Steve Tanner | 74 | 3.8 |
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| Newcastle | South Jesmond | Martin Evison | 85 | 4.7 |
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| Salford | Weaste and Seedley | Stephen Lewthwaife | 40 | 1.8 |
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| Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks Kippington | Ian Grattidge | 78 | 5.0 |
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| Sheffield | Firth Park | April Worrall | 183 | 6.5 |
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| Wakefield | Pontefract South | Trevor Lake | 84 | 2.5 |
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| Wealden | Hailsham West | Stephen Gander | 34 | 4.3 |
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| East Yorkshire | Bridlington Central and Old Town | Carlo Verda | 228 | 7.2 |
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| East Yorkshire | Bridlington North | Joy Verda | 118 | 1.2 |
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| East Yorkshire | Bridlington South | Chris Daniels | 52 | 1.0 | |
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| Authority | Ward | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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| Barnsley | Dearne South | Dave Jarvis | 396 | 22.3 |
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| Bradford | Keighley East | Alex Vann | 58 | 1.0 |
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| Bristol | Frome Vale | Tommy Trueman | 188 | 6.1 |
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| Bristol | Hengrove and Whitchurch Park | Neil Norton | 59 | 1.6 |
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| Dorset | Blandford | Linda Stenner | 31 | 1.3 |
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| Dorset | | Daniel Avery | 50 | 2.0 |
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| Leeds | Ardsley and Robin Hood | Mark Daniels | 102 | 1.9 |
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| Leeds | Armley | Warwick Bettney | 41 | 0.8 |
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| Leeds | Beeston & Holbeck | Sasha Watson | 247 | 5.2 |
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| Leeds | Bramley & Stanningley | Richard Riley | 82 | 1.9 |
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| Leeds | Burmantofts & Richmond Hill | Paul Whetstone | 30 | 0.7 |
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| Leeds | Chapel Allerton | Richard Cowles | 75 | 1.1 |
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| Leeds | Farnley & Wortley | Finley Taylor | 76 | 1.6 |
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| Leeds | Horsforth | Nathan Wright | 41 | 0.5 |
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| Leeds | Hunslet & Riverside | Daniel Whetstone | 107 | 2.2 |
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| Leeds | Killingbeck & Seacroft | Catherine Dobson | 106 | 2.5 |
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| Leeds | Middleton Park | Rob Chesterfield | 1,882 | 42.8 |
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| Leeds | Moortown | Cordelia Lynan | 39 | 0.5 |
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| Leeds | Morley North | Thomas Foster | 19 | 0.3 |
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| Leeds | Morley South | Nigel Perry | 8 | 0.1 |
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| Leeds | Rothwell | Sarah Welbourne | 43 | 0.8 |
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| Leeds | Roundhay | Carl Richman | 132 | 1.8 |
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| Leeds | Temple Newsam | Wendy Whetstone | 33 | 0.6 |
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| Leeds | Weetwood | Rob Walker | 67 | 1.0 |
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| Leeds | Wetherby | Ian Howell | 43 | 0.6 |
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| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | South Jesmond | Martin Evison | 52 | 2.4 |
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| Rotherham | Wath | Michael Chambers | 345 | 21.6 |
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| Sheffield | Nether Hedge and Sharrow | Annie Stoker | 175 | 5.5 | |
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General elections
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
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| Cyril Nottingham | 996 out of 58,045 (1.7%) |
| Harold Luscombe | 2,152 out of 51,216 (4.2%) |
| D. M. Stanbury | 476 out of 39,042 (0.2%) |
| M. Bilcliff | 513 out of 56,449 (0.9%) |
| Jill Taylor | 895 out of 57,603 (1.6%) |
| Alan Page | 449 out of 56,611 (0.8%) | |
Notes: Received 6,649 votes out of 33,614,074 (0.1%) | Position- 21/35 Source:[1] [2] [3]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Raymond Allerston | 1,049 out of 48,971 (2.1%) | 2.1% |
| Tony Pelton | 197 out of 53,265 (0.4%) | 0.4% | |
Notes: Received 1,246 votes out of 31,286,284 (0.0%) | Position- 42/49 Source:[4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
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| Peter Johnson | 637 out of 42,472 (1.5%) |
| Raymond Allerston | 914 out of 51,254 (1.8%) | |
Notes: Received 1,551 votes out of 29,687,604 (0.0%) | Position- 43/58Sources:[5] [6]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
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| Peter Johnson | 71 out of 41,313 (0.2%) |
| Val Hoodless | 54 out of 35,144 (0.2%) | |
Notes: Received 125 votes out of 30,697,525 (0.0%) | Position- N/A because the party received less than 400 votesSource:[7]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
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| Steven Marshall | 148 out of 36,175 (0.4%) |
| Muzafar Rahman | 47 out of 41,870 (0.1%) |
| Joe Westnidge | 38 out of 47,877 (0.1%) |
| Steven Winstone | 70 out of 57,020 (0.1%) |
| Jaspreet Oberoi | 64 out of 44,226 (0.1%) |
| Ishleen Oberoi | 102 out of 43,596 (0.2%) | |
Notes: Received 469 votes out of 32,204,184 (0.0%) | Position- 37/41Source:[8]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes |
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| Simon Breedon | 224 out of 44,128 (0.5%) |
| Jane Robins | 91 out of 53,729 (0.2%) |
| Ian McLean | 114 out of 30,236 (0.4%) |
| Mev Brown | 114 out of 52,131 (0.2%) |
| Jon Newham | 170 out of 50,268 (0.3%) |
| Colin Menniss | 190 out of 59,005 (0.3%) |
| Alan Black | 344 out of 45,959 (0.7%) |
| Mark Conway | 212 out of 40,736 (0.5%) |
| Matthew Rose | 132 out of 52,600 (0.3%) |
| William Clouston | 281 out of 49,284 (0.6%) |
| Daniel Whetstone | 46 out of 40,281 (0.1%) |
| Carl Williams | 67 out of 36,756 (0.2%) |
| Michael Taylor | 127 out of 56,588 (0.2%) |
| Roz Hubley | 77 out of 58,473 (0.1%) |
| Andrew Bence | 91 out of 46,856 (0.2%) |
| Kevin Hickson | 168 out of 61,899 (0.3%) |
| Xander Bennett | 67 out of 54,205 (0.1%) |
| Michael McGetrick | 333 out of 58,065 (0.6%) |
| David Bettney | 313 out of 41,557 (0.8%) |
| Andrew Dunn | 134 out of 49,505 (0.3%) | |
Notes: Received 3,295 votes out of 32,014,110 (0.0%) | Position- 25/47Source:[9]
By-elections
1987–1992 Parliament
Notes: Won back deposit
2017–2019 Parliament
| By-election | Candidate | Votes | Position |
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| Ian McLean | 202 out of 23,515 (0.9%) | 9th of 11 |
| | 135 out of 33,920 (0.4%) | 9th of 15 | |
2019–present Parliament
| By-election | Candidate | Votes | Position |
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| David Bettney | 108 out of 29,333 (0.4%) | 14th of 16 |
| Neil Manson | 151 out of 21,827 (0.7%) | 5th of 8 |
| Ollie Purser | 66 out of 37,695 (0.2%) | 14th of 16 |
| Julien Yvon | 74 out of 18,418 (0.4%) | 9th of 9(Last) |
| John Waterstone | 314 out of 35,886 (0.9%) | 8th of 13 |
| Steve Gardner | 248 out of 31,000 (0.8%) | 6th of 17 | |
Scottish Parliament elections
| Region | Candidates | Votes |
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| Anthony McGinley, Robin John Dudfield, Robert Malyn, Richard Cameron | 178 (0.1%) |
| Alasdair Young, Neil Manson,Lawrence Edwards | 227 (0.1%) | |
Notes: Received 405 votes out of 2,706,761 | Position- 21/25Sources:[10] [11]
London mayoral elections
Notes: Position- 17/20
Source:[12]
Notes: Position- 7/13Source:
[13] London Assembly elections
Notes: Position- 16/18
Source:
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[14] Mayoral elections
| Authority | Election | Candidate | 1st round votes | % |
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| | David Bettney | 10,177 | 3.9 |
| 20,835 | 7.6 | |
Sources:
[15] [16] Notes and References
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- Web site: Boothroyd . David . United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: English Boroughs part 2 . Election Demon . 30 January 2022 . 25 July 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040725075147/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EB2.html . 25 July 2004 . dead.
- Web site: Boothroyd . David . United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: English Counties . Election Demon . 30 January 2022 . 6 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006163238/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EC.html . 6 October 2007 . dead.
- Web site: Boothroyd . David . United Kingdom Election Results . Election Demon . 30 January 2022 . 15 June 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000615034351/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ . 15 June 2000 . dead.
- Web site: Birmingham, Hodge Hill - 2010 general election results . Parliament.uk . 31 January 2022.
- Web site: East Yorkshire - 2010 general election results . Parliament.uk . 31 January 2022.
- Web site: Rallings . Colin . Thrasher . Michael . Borisyuk . Galina . Election 2015: Results and Tables . Elections Centre . 31 January 2022.
- Web site: All candidates for Social Democratic Party in the 2017 General Election . Democracy Club . 31 January 2022.
- Web site: 2019 GENERAL ELECTION Social Democratic Party . . 1 February 2022.
- Web site: Glasgow Election Region Results 2021 . Glasgow.gov.uk . 2 February 2022.
- News: Lothian . 2 February 2022 . BBC News.
- Web site: Results 2021 . London Elects . 2 February 2022.
- Web site: STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Mayor of London . London Elects . 8 April 2024.
- Web site: Results 2024 . London Elects.
- Web site: MAYORAL ELECTION 2022 RESULTS. South Yorkshire Combined Authority. 6 May 2022. 6 May 2022.
- Web site: STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Mayor for South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority . South Yorkshire Combined Authority . 8 April 2024.
