Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 8412 Elected
Liberal (2) 7488 Elected
Liberal (3) 7452 Elected
Liberal (4) 6136 Elected
Conservative 5112
Liberal (5) 569

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Feb, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5569 Elected
Liberal 4527 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Aug, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4041 Elected
Conservative 2004 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6418 Elected
Liberal (2) 6050 Elected
Liberal (3) 5961 Elected
Liberal (4) 5955 Elected
Conservative (1) 4599
Conservative (2) 4559
Conservative (3) 4514

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6517 Elected
Liberal (2) 6071 Elected
Liberal (3) 6070 Elected
Liberal (4) 5879 Elected
Conservative 5873

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 6339 Elected
Liberal (1) 6315 Elected
Conservative (2) 6290 Elected
Liberal (2) 6221 Elected
Conservative (3) 6212
Liberal (3) 6070
Liberal (4) 6065
Conservative (4) 6017

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Oct, 1843
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6532 Elected
Conservative 6367 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 7137 Elected
Liberal (2) 7030 Elected
Liberal (3) 6792 Elected
Conservative (1) 6722 Elected
Liberal (4) 6719
Conservative (2) 5268
Conservative (3) 5069
Conservative (4) 4704
Liberal (5) 513

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6017 Elected
Conservative 2814 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Jul, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6195 Elected
Liberal (1) 5537 Elected
Liberal (2) 5270 Elected
Liberal (3) 4748 Elected
Liberal (4) 3765

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Jun, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Mar, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6664 Elected
Liberal (2) 6398 Elected
Liberal (3) 6308 Elected
Liberal (4) 5808 Elected
Liberal (5) 4519

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jul, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected
Liberal (3) -1 Elected
Liberal (4) -1 Elected

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul, 1861
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5747 Elected
Conservative 5241 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 2nd Jun, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 7102 Elected
Liberal (2) 7086 Elected
Liberal (3) 6637 Elected
Liberal (4) 6525 Elected
Conservative (1) 4197
Conservative (2) 4086

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6520 Elected
Liberal (2) 6258 Elected
Liberal (3) 6215 Elected
Conservative (1) 6130 Elected
Conservative (2) 6099
Conservative (3) 6013
Liberal (4) 5995

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 22nd Feb, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 8397 Elected
Conservative (2) 8330 Elected
Conservative (3) 8210 Elected
Liberal (1) 6787 Elected
Liberal (2) 6654
Liberal (3) 6490

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 10326 Elected
Conservative (2) 10274 Elected
Conservative (3) 10256 Elected
Liberal (1) 5950 Elected
Liberal (2) 5837
Liberal (3) 5743

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12827 Elected
Conservative (2) 8802 Elected
Liberal 5817

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jul, 1887
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Apr, 1891
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Jun, 1891
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10556 Elected
Conservative (2) 9258 Elected

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16019 Elected
Conservative (2) 15619 Elected
Liberal 5313
Liberal (2) 5064

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15474 Elected
Free Trader 4134 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jun, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17907 Elected
Conservative (2) 17302 Elected
Liberal 4623

More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th May, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10114 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12962 Elected
Liberal 5525 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 16149 Elected
Conservative (2) 16092 Elected
Liberal 4579

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Apr, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Feb, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
National -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
National 5332 Elected
Conservative 5309 Elected
Liberal 1487
Independent 1379

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Oct, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4506 Elected
Liberal 1503 Elected

This was a by-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, City of London PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736125/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 05th November 2024