This article lists the election results of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in UK elections. The party was founded following the 1990 dissolution of the "Continuing" Social Democratic Party, which in turn had been founded following the dissolution in 1988 of the original Social Democratic Party.

Local government elections

Summary Performance ElectionSeatsNet ±GainsLossesCandidatesTotal VotesVotes per CandidateNotes19903926421979,019360.8"Continuing SDP" candidates, some of which joined or later stood for the new party. *Results in England, Wales and London.1991*363696638,332580.8First local elections as the 'New' (post-1990 dissolution) SDP. *Results in England and Wales only.19923512327199324111121219942222137,337564.4199513921129199611223855285199711182082019987441274274199974497,042782.4200070Did not stand candidates.200170Did not stand candidates.200270Did not stand candidates.200361194,782531.3Loss of one seat in Tunstall.2004632,6558852005511906906Loss of final seat in Tunstall.200650Did not stand candidates.200741153,453691Loss of one seat and one held in Bridlington Central.2008442,778694.5All three seats in Aberavon, Wales are held.20094020104429473.52011461,875312.52012222112,429220.8Loss of two seats and one held in Aberavon, Wales.201320Did not stand candidates.20141110Bridlington Central By-Election Loss.2015211*0*Mike Sheridan (Green) defection to the SDP in Solihull. 2016111511823.6Mike Sheridan loses his seat in Solihull.2017011311237.3Loss of final seat in Aberavon, Wales.2018031,406468.62019092,038226.420210686,20791.282022222*305,208173.6Wayne Dixon wins the party's first seat in Leeds since 1988. *Richard Bright (Conservative) defects to the SDP in Hulland.20232111365,163143.3Emma Pogson-Golden wins second seat in Leeds. Richard Bright loses his seat.2024311284,527161.7Rob Chesterfield wins third seat in Leeds.202531171765.1820263485,014104.5Wayne Dixon retains his seat in Middleton Park, Leeds.

1994 +AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageBromleyMartins Hill & TownMcCabe M.882.7%BromleyWest Wickham SouthRedden R.3027.8%GreenwichAbbey WoodLewis D.*1,56929.9%GreenwichAbbey WoodMalone T.*1,52829.1%GreenwichEynshamRastall J.1,23929.9%GreenwichEynshamGroves B.1,20529.1%WestminsterHamilton TerraceAveline J.895.7%BirminghamHodge HillWare A.1311.8%DerbyLittleoverDickenson K.571.4%Epping ForestBuckhurst Hill EastHobbs E. Ms.763.9%Epping ForestBuckhurst Hill WestArnold R.351.5%Port TalbotAberavonPrice J. Ms.91749.2%

1995 +AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageNeath & Port TalbotAberavonAnthony Taylor1,08020.1%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonJeffery Dinham88916.5%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonThomas John Sullivan76514.2%

1999 +AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageNeath & Port TalbotAberavonAnthony Taylor*1,19124.3%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonJeffery Dinham97319.8%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonThomas John Sullivan85217.4%

2004

Authority Ward Candidate Votes Percentage Neath Port Talbot Aberavon Anthony Taylor* 1,01824.2%Neath Port TalbotAberavon Thomas John Sullivan*82219.6%Neath Port TalbotAberavon Jeffrey Dinham*81519.4%

2007 Authority Ward Candidate Votes Percentage East Riding of Yorkshire Bridlington Central and Old Town Raymond Allerston 1,40431.2%East Riding of YorkshireBridlington Central and Old Town Les Taylor70915.8%East Riding of YorkshireBridlington South Liam Dealtry6327.6%East Riding of YorkshireBridlington SouthDavid Metcalf3894.7%East Riding of YorkshireBridlington SouthPhillip Wray3193.8%

2008 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageNeath & Port TalbotAberavonAnthony Taylor*89325.7%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonJeffery Dinham*75521.7%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonThomas John Sullivan*73021.0%

2012 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageNeath & Port TalbotAberavonAnthony Taylor*70217.1%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonThomas John Sullivan*55613.6%Neath & Port TalbotAberavonJeffery Dinham*55013.4%

2017 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageAberdeenshireNorth KincardineDavid Lansdell480.9%East RenfrewshireNewton Means North and NeilstonRobert Malyn130.2%GlasgowShettlestonSteven Marshall510.7%

2018 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageGatesheadSaltwellDarren Thompson442.4%LeedsMiddleton ParkWayne Dixon1,23210.5%SalfordSwinton SouthJoe O'Neill1305.9%

2019 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageEastbourneOld TownSally Kitchen1991.9%LeedsArdsley and Robin HoodDaniel Whetstone280.6%LeedsCross Gates and WhinmoorDavid Creasser581.2%LeedsGipton and HarehillsShaff Sheikh1082.4%LeedsMiddleton ParkWayne Dixon1,02723.6%Mole ValleyHolmwoodsPip English321.3%PeterboroughEye, Thorney and NewboroughMary Herdman1877.9%South DerbyshireSealesSue Ward25111.0%TandridgeOxted SouthHelena Forsythe1487.3%

2021 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageBarnsleyDearne NorthSavannah Jarvis472.7%BarnsleyDearne SouthDavid Jarvis35915.8%BarnsleySt. HelensSteve Vajda382.2%BarnsleyWombwellRachel Thompson170.7%BradfordKeighley EastAlexander Vann90.2%BradfordKeighley WestAlexander Taylor501.3%Bristol, City OfFrome ValeTommy Trueman1122.9%BuckinghamshireStone And WaddesdonPaul Tinay370.9%BurnleyWhittlefield With IghtenhillMitchell Cryer211.2%CalderdaleIllingworth And MixendenMartin Roberts150.5%DoncasterSprotbroughLaura McHardy1003.0%DudleyGornalStuart Turner712.1%GloucesterAbbeymeadSadia Hameed321.8%HartlepoolBurn ValleyLynne Humphries2257.0%Hinckley And BosworthBurbageRoger Hill290.7%Hinckley And BosworthSt MarysPaul Forrest180.7%Kingston Upon HullDrypoolJohn Waterston80.3%Kingston Upon HullKingswoodHelen Jackman110.8%Kingston Upon HullWest CarrLauren Vargues261.2%KirkleesAlmondburyJohn Whittaker230.5%KnowsleySt GabrielsPatricia Jameson613.7%LeedsArdsley And Robin HoodDavid Creasser711.1%LeedsArmleyAndrew Martin430.9%LeedsBramley And StanningleyDaniel Whetstone400.8%LeedsChapel AllertonRichard Cowles550.8%LeedsCross Gates And WhinmoorJack Newcombe210.3%LeedsGipton And HarehillsShaff Sheikh1132.2%LeedsHeadingley And Hyde ParkMichael Bellfield100.2%LeedsHunslet And RiversideCordelia Lynan430.8%LeedsKillingbeck And SeacroftHafizur Rahman320.7%LeedsKippax And MethleyThomas Foster220.3%LeedsMiddleton ParkWayne Dixon1,96335.0%LeedsMoortownSteve Wright740.9%LeedsMorley NorthNigel Perry330.5%LeedsMorley SouthJoshua Sturgeon1041.6%LeedsPudseyDaniel Walker150.2%LeedsRothwellChristopher Dudley160.2%LeedsRoundhayMax Partington1061.2%LeedsRoundhayPaul Whetstone300.3%LiverpoolCentralKeenan Clough512.4%ManchesterDidsbury WestWendy Andrew290.5%Mole ValleyWestcottStuart Hunt80.9%North East LincolnshireYarboroughTim Mellors211.1%North HertfordshireLetchworth South WestMichael McGetrick391.4%NorthumberlandCorbridgeTom Maskell1167.1%NorthumberlandSouth BlythLiam Rogerson291.9%NorthumberlandWoolerStephen Crane613.8%ReadingCavershamDamian Skelton170.5%RochdaleEast MiddletonRobert Mudd712.9%RotherhamKilnhurst And Swinton EastKarly Buffon1035.3%RotherhamKilnhurst And Swinton EastDavid Taylor844.3%RotherhamSwinton RockinghamDuran Bath592.9%RotherhamSwinton RockinghamToni Garnett502.5%RotherhamWathMicky Newman26114.4%RotherhamWathWayne Pike1106.1%SheffieldEcclesallAndrew Cowell861.0%South OxfordshireBenson And CholseyMaryse Pomlett742.0%South TynesideHebburn SouthMark Conway35414.7%St HelensTown CentreGlynn Jones402.5%Stratford-On-AvonWellesbourneTimothy Griffiths401.1%ThanetCliftonvilleJosh Sims230.5%WarwickKenilworth St John'sWayne Harris571.5%WarwickLeamington BrunswickDhesh Chehal210.8%WarwickWarwick NorthJosh Payne1053.7%WarwickWarwick SouthChristopher Burr341.0%WealdenHailsham MarketSteven Gander1034.1%WorcesterWarndon ParishDarren Rushby160.6%WyreWyre Rural EastJonathan Binnie450.9%

2022 AuthorityWardCandidateVotesPercentageAmber ValleyRipleyEdwin George Dale Taylor210.9%BarnsleyDarfieldScott McKenzie20810.5%BarnsleyDearne NorthSavannah Paige Jarvis392.5%BarnsleyDearne SouthDavid Allan Jarvis1156.2%BarnsleyKingstoneSteve Vajda321.9%BarnsleyWombwellJon Seymour944.5%BexleySidcupLaurence Williams1000.9%BradfordKeighley EastAlexander Richard Vann100.2%BradfordShipleyJohn Wood250.5%CaerphillyPontllanfraithJacob Pearce21010.6%EalingPitshangerLes Beaumont1092.2%GlasgowCardonaldRobin John Dudfield500.6%Hammersmith and FulhamWest KensingtonSimon Marshall492.5%HillingdonHillingdon EastSteve Gardner2397.0%IslingtonBunhillJake Anthony Painter340.5%LeedsArdsley & Robin HoodAndrew Alexander Martin1051.8%LeedsBeeston & HolbeckNigel Perry2505.7%LeedsBramley & StanningleyPaul Daniel Whestone360.8%LeedsCalverley & FarsleyJustin Thomas140.2%LeedsHunslet & RiversideThomas Peter Foster330.7%LeedsMiddleton ParkWayne Alan Dixon2,68750.5%LeedsWeetwoodRob Walker540.8%ManchesterDidsbury WestWendy Madeleine Andrew220.4%North LanarkshireCoatbridge NorthJeff McDonald1723.5%North YorkshireDerwent Valley & MoorKathy Bushell644.2%SheffieldFirth ParkApril Worrall2558.3%SouthwarkRotherhitheAndy Kekwick571.7%SuttonSouth Beddington & RoundshawSteve Kelleher330.4%Tower HamletsBromley NorthJon Mabbutt391.1%WakefieldPontefract SouthTrevor Lake521.4%

2023

Authority Ward Candidate Votes Percentage Amber ValleyRipleyEdwin George Dale Taylor 692.6% BarnsleyDearne NorthSteve Vajda161.1%BarnsleyDearne SouthDavid Allan Jarvis44624.9%BradfordKeighley EastAlexander Richard Vann371.0%Cheshire EastPoynton East and Pott ShrigleyTim O'Rourke1573.3%Derbyshire DalesHullandRichard Bright14518.9%East YorkshireBridlington Central and Old TownCarlo Verda2287.2%East Yorkshire Bridlington NorthJoy Alexandria Verda1181.2%East YorkshireBridlington SouthChris Daniels521.0%KirkleesBirstall and BirkenshawMark Andrew Steele531.4%KnowsleySt GabrielsPatricia Jameson261.4%LeedsArdsley & Robin HoodPaul Daniel Whestone1011.9%LeedsBeeston & HolbeckNigel Perry1072.7%LeedsBramley & StanningleyRichard David Riley621.4%LeedsBurmantofts & Richmond HillPaul Anthony Whetsone591.5%LeedsChapel AllertonSasha Watson480.8%LeedsFarnley & WortleyMichael Bellfield170.3%LeedsHunslet & RiversideThomas Peter Foster481.1%LeedsMiddleton ParkEmma Louise Pogson-Golden1,98545.9%LeedsMorley NorthRichard Cowles250.4%LeedsMorley SouthAndrew Alexander Martin410.8%LeedsRothwell Sarah Welbourne210.4%LeedsTemple NewsamWendy Vivienne Whetstone611.2%LeedsWeetwoodRob Walker470.7%ManchesterDidsbury WestWendy Madeleine Andrew260.5%MedwayHempstead & WigmorePeter Anthony Wheeler582.2%MedwayWayfield & Weeds WoodSteve Tanner743.8%NewcastleSouth JesmondMartin Evison854.7%SalfordWeaste & SeedleyStephen James Lewthwaite401.8%SevenoaksSevenoaks KippingtonIan Grattidge785.0%SheffieldFirth ParkApril Worrall 1836.5%South KestevenTollerAlexander Leslie Mitchell172.4%South OxfordshireCholsey Kyn Pomlett1886.1%South OxfordshireDidcot SouthOwen Edwards32712.1%WakefieldPontefract SouthTrevor Lake842.5%WealdenHailsham WestStephen Gander344.3%

2024

Authority Ward Candidate Votes Percentage BarnsleyDearne SouthDave Jarvis39622.3%BradfordKeighley EastAlex Vann581.0%BristolFrome ValeTommy Trueman1886.1%BristolHengrove and Whitchurch ParkNeil Norton591.6%DorsetBlandfordLinda Stenner311.3%DorsetBlandfordDaniel Avery502.0%LeedsArdsley and Robin HoodMark Daniels1021.9%LeedsArmley Warwick Bettney 410.8%LeedsBeeston & HolbeckSasha Watson2475.2%LeedsBramley & StanningleyRichard Riley821.9%LeedsBurmantofts & Richmond HillPaul Whetstone 300.7%LeedsChapel AllertonRichard Cowles751.1%LeedsFarnley & WortleyFinley Taylor761.6%LeedsHorsforthNathan Wright410.5%LeedsHunslet & RiversideDaniel Whetstone 1072.2%LeedsKillingbeck & SeacroftCatherine Dobson1062.5%LeedsMiddleton ParkRob Chesterfield1,88242.8%LeedsMoortown Cordelia Lynan 390.5%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 Sharrow Annie Stoker1755.5%

2025