Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present) election results

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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.

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Local government elections

1995

AuthorityWardCandidateVotes
Neath Port Talbot AberavonAnthony Taylor1,080
AberavonJeffrey Dinham
AberavonThomas John Sullivan

2023

CouncilSeatCandidateVotesPercentage
Amber Valley RipleyEdwin Taylor692.6
Barnsley Dearne NorthSteve Vajda161.1
Barnsley Dearne SouthDave Jarvis44624.9
Bradford Keighley EastAndrew Vann371.0
Cheshire East Poynton East and Pott ShrigleyTim O’Rourke1573.3
Derbyshire Dales HullandRichard Bright14518.9
Kirklees Birstall and BrenshawMark Steele531.4
Knowsley St GabrielsPatricia Jameson26
Leeds Ardsley and Robin HoodDaniel Whetsone1011.9
Leeds Beeston and HolbeckNigel Perry1072.7
Leeds Bramley and StanninglyRichard Riley621.4
Leeds Burmantofts and Richmond HillPaul Whetstone591.5
Leeds Chapel AllertonSasha Watson480.8
Leeds Farnley and WartleyJack Bellfield170.3
Leeds Hunslet and RiversideThomas Foster481.1
Leeds Middleton ParkEmma Pogson-Golden1,98545.9
Leeds Morley NorthRichard Cowles250.4
Leeds Morley SouthAndrew Martin410.8
Leeds RothwellSarah Welbourne210.4
Leeds Temple NewsamWendy Whetstone611.2
Leeds WeetwoodRob Walker470.7
South Oxfordshire CholseyKym Pomlett1886.1
South Oxfordshire Didcot SouthOwen Edwards32712.1
Manchester Didsbury WestWendy Andrew260.5
Medway Hempstead and WigmorePeter Wheeler582.2
Medway Wayfield and Weeds WoodSteve Tanner743.8
Newcastle South JesmondMartin Evison854.7
Salford Weaste and SeedleyStephen Lewthwaife401.8
Sevenoaks Sevenoaks KippingtonIan Grattidge785.0
Sheffield Firth ParkApril Worrall1836.5
Wakefield Pontefract SouthTrevor Lake842.5
Wealden Hailsham WestStephen Gander344.3
East Yorkshire Bridlington Central and Old TownCarlo Verda2287.2
East Yorkshire Bridlington NorthJoy Verda1181.2
East Yorkshire Bridlington SouthChris Daniels521.0

2024

AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentage
BarnsleyDearne SouthDave Jarvis39622.3
BradfordKeighley EastAlex Vann581.0
BristolFrome ValeTommy Trueman1886.1
BristolHengrove and Whitchurch ParkNeil Norton591.6
DorsetBlandfordLinda Stenner311.3
DorsetDaniel Avery502.0
LeedsArdsley and Robin HoodMark Daniels1021.9
LeedsArmleyWarwick Bettney410.8
LeedsBeeston & HolbeckSasha Watson2475.2
LeedsBramley & StanningleyRichard Riley821.9
LeedsBurmantofts & Richmond HillPaul Whetstone300.7
LeedsChapel AllertonRichard Cowles751.1
LeedsFarnley & WortleyFinley Taylor761.6
LeedsHorsforthNathan Wright410.5
LeedsHunslet & RiversideDaniel Whetstone1072.2
LeedsKillingbeck & SeacroftCatherine Dobson1062.5
LeedsMiddleton ParkRob Chesterfield1,88242.8
LeedsMoortownCordelia Lynan390.5
LeedsMorley NorthThomas Foster190.3
LeedsMorley SouthNigel Perry80.1
LeedsRothwellSarah Welbourne430.8
LeedsRoundhayCarl Richman1321.8
LeedsTemple NewsamWendy Whetstone330.6
LeedsWeetwoodRob Walker671.0
LeedsWetherbyIan Howell430.6
Newcastle-upon-TyneSouth JesmondMartin Evison522.4
RotherhamWathMichael Chambers34521.6
SheffieldNether Hedge and SharrowAnnie Stoker1755.5

General elections

1992

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Glanford & Scunthorpe Cyril Nottingham996 out of 58,045 (1.7%)
Plymouth Devonport Harold Luscombe2,152 out of 51,216 (4.2%)
Plymouth Drake D. M. Stanbury476 out of 39,042 (0.2%)
Reigate M. Bilcliff513 out of 56,449 (0.9%)
South East Staffordshire Jill Taylor895 out of 57,603 (1.6%)
Wycombe Alan Page449 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]

1997

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
East Yorkshire Raymond Allerston1,049 out of 48,971 (2.1%)2.1%
Vale of York Tony Pelton197 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]

2010

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Birmingham Hodge Hill Peter Johnson637 out of 42,472 (1.5%)
East Yorkshire Raymond Allerston914 out of 51,254 (1.8%)

Notes: Received 1,551 votes out of 29,687,604 (0.0%) | Position- 43/58

Sources: [5] [6]

2015

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Birmingham Yardley Peter Johnson71 out of 41,313 (0.2%)
Kingston upon Hull East Val Hoodless54 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 votes

Source: [7]

2017

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Glasgow East Steven Marshall148 out of 36,175 (0.4%)
Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough Muzafar Rahman47 out of 41,870 (0.1%)
Sheffield Central Joe Westnidge38 out of 47,877 (0.1%)
Sheffield Hallam Steven Winstone70 out of 57,020 (0.1%)
Sheffield Heeley Jaspreet Oberoi64 out of 44,226 (0.1%)
Sheffield South East Ishleen Oberoi102 out of 43,596 (0.2%)

Notes: Received 469 votes out of 32,204,184 (0.0%) | Position- 37/41

Source: [8]

2019

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
Basildon & Billericay Simon Breedon224 out of 44,128 (0.5%)
Cambridge Jane Robins91 out of 53,729 (0.2%)
Cynon Valley Ian McLean114 out of 30,236 (0.4%)
Edinburgh South West Mev Brown114 out of 52,131 (0.2%)
Epping Forest Jon Newham170 out of 50,268 (0.3%)
Folkestone & Hythe Colin Menniss190 out of 59,005 (0.3%)
Havant Alan Black344 out of 45,959 (0.7%)
Jarrow Mark Conway212 out of 40,736 (0.5%)
Keighley Matthew Rose132 out of 52,600 (0.3%)
Leeds Central William Clouston281 out of 49,284 (0.6%)
Leeds West Daniel Whetstone46 out of 40,281 (0.1%)
Neath Carl Williams67 out of 36,756 (0.2%)
Thirsk & Malton Michael Taylor127 out of 56,588 (0.2%)
Tooting Roz Hubley77 out of 58,473 (0.1%)
Tottenham Andrew Bence91 out of 46,856 (0.2%)
Warrington South Kevin Hickson168 out of 61,899 (0.3%)
Warwick & Leamington Xander Bennett67 out of 54,205 (0.1%)
Watford Michael McGetrick333 out of 58,065 (0.6%)
Wentworth & Dearne David Bettney313 out of 41,557 (0.8%)
York Central Andrew Dunn134 out of 49,505 (0.3%)

Notes: Received 3,295 votes out of 32,014,110 (0.0%) | Position- 25/47

Source: [9]

By-elections

1987–1992 Parliament

By-electionCandidateVotesPosition
1991 Neath John Warman1,826 out of 34,753 (5.3%)5th of 8

Notes: Won back deposit

2017–2019 Parliament

By-electionCandidateVotesPosition
2019 Newport West Ian McLean202 out of 23,515 (0.9%)9th of 11
2019 Peterborough Patrick O'Flynn 135 out of 33,920 (0.4%)9th of 15

2019–present Parliament

By-electionCandidateVotesPosition
2021 Hartlepool David Bettney108 out of 29,333 (0.4%)14th of 16
2021 Airdrie & Shotts Neil Manson151 out of 21,827 (0.7%)5th of 8
2021 Batley & Spen Ollie Purser66 out of 37,695 (0.2%)14th of 16
2022 Stretford and Urmston Julien Yvon74 out of 18,418 (0.4%)9th of 9

(Last)

2023 Selby and Ainsty John Waterstone314 out of 35,886 (0.9%)8th of 13
2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip Steve Gardner248 out of 31,000 (0.8%)6th of 17

Scottish Parliament elections

2021

RegionCandidatesVotes
Glasgow Anthony McGinley, Robin John Dudfield,

Robert Malyn, Richard Cameron

178 (0.1%)
Lothian Alasdair Young, Neil Manson,Lawrence Edwards227 (0.1%)

Notes: Received 405 votes out of 2,706,761 | Position- 21/25

Sources: [10] [11]

London mayoral elections

2021

CandidateFirst round votes
Steve Kelleher8,764 out of 2,531,357 (0.3%)

Notes: Position- 17/20

Source: [12]

2024

CandidateVotes
Amy Gallagher34,449 (1.4)

Notes: Position- 7/13 Source: [13]

London Assembly elections

2021

ConstituencyCandidatesVotes
London-wideEric Siva-Jothy,Stephen Gardner,Matthew Beresford,Simon Marshall,
Brilant Krasniqi,
Seth Liebowitz,Tricia Bracher,Rosamund Hubley
7,782 out of 2,599,650 (0.3%)

Notes: Position- 16/18

Source: [12]

2024

ConstituencyCandidatesVotes
London-wideAmy Gallagher,Huge De Burgh,Stephen Balogh,Jon Mabbutt,
Manny Lawal,
Jane Gibson,Steve Kelleher,Alastair Mellon,
Laurenzo Mefsut,Daniel Woodruffe,Jake Painter,David Hargreaves,
Les Beaumont
23,021 out of 2,476,687 (0.9%)

Source: [14]

Mayoral elections

Combined authority

AuthorityElectionCandidate1st round votes %
South Yorkshire 2022 David Bettney10,1773.9
2024 20,8357.6

Sources: [15] [16]

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