Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 645 Elected
Conservative (1) 604 Elected
Liberal (2) 594
Conservative (2) 249

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 508 Elected
Conservative (2) 492 Elected
Liberal (1) 423
Liberal (2) 371

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
Conservative (1) 587 Elected
Liberal (1) 564 Elected
Conservative (2) 543
Liberal (2) 509

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) 648 Elected
Conservative (2) 645 Elected
Liberal (1) 556
Liberal (2) 554

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Aug, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 685 Elected
Conservative (2) 682 Elected
Liberal (1) 535
Liberal (2) 532

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Jul, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 2nd Apr, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1062 Elected
Liberal (2) 1017 Elected
Conservative (1) 797
Conservative (2) 767

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1098 Elected
Conservative 596 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Apr, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Feb, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 994 Elected
Conservative 962 Elected
Liberal (2) 726

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1331 Elected
Liberal (2) 1204 Elected
Liberal (3) 1012

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1715 Elected
Liberal 1647 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 1565 Elected
Liberal (1) 1527 Elected
Conservative (2) 1422
Liberal (2) 1388
Liberal (3) 447

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 2393 Elected
Conservative (2) 2178 Elected
Liberal (1) 2161
Liberal (2) 1947

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2724 Elected
Conservative (1) 2534 Elected
Liberal (2) 2345
Conservative (2) 2103

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Jun, 1878
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2552 Elected
Liberal 2304 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3051 Elected
Liberal (2) 3023 Elected
Conservative (1) 2972
Conservative (2) 2902

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Apr, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 5595 Elected
Conservative (2) 5307 Elected
Liberal (1) 4566
Liberal (2) 4535

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) 5023 Elected
Conservative (2) 4726 Elected
Liberal (1) 4384
Liberal (2) 4029

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd May, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5151 Elected
Conservative 4266 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 5449 Elected
Liberal (1) 5182 Elected
Liberal (2) 4920
Conservative (2) 4734

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 5924 Elected
Liberal Unionist 5390 Elected
Liberal 5181
Liberal-Labour 4178
Independent Labour Party 867

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Feb, 1896
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5555 Elected
Conservative 5522 Elected
Social Democratic Federation 274

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6888 Elected
Liberal Unionist 6253 Elected
Liberal (1) 5575
Liberal (2) 4652

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 7032 Elected
Liberal (2) 6255 Elected
Conservative (1) 5754
Conservative (2) 5535
Social Democratic Federation 2146

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 8878 Elected
Liberal (2) 8830 Elected
Conservative (1) 7874
Conservative (2) 7841

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
Liberal (1) 8496 Elected
Liberal (2) 8449 Elected
Conservative (1) 7551
Conservative (2) 7535

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal (1) 26884 Elected
Coalition Liberal (2) 16843 Elected
Conservative 15548
Labour (1) 7828
Labour (2) 6776

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 22054 Elected
Conservative (2) 20351 Elected
Labour 14868
Independent 14193
National Liberal (1) 11576
National Liberal (2) 9318

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) 20453 Elected
Conservative (2) 20249 Elected
Labour (1) 17208
Labour (2) 16679
Liberal (1) 13724
Liberal (2) 13657

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 30703 Elected
Conservative (2) 30201 Elected
Labour (1) 22183
Labour (2) 21768

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 32249 Elected
Labour (2) 31252 Elected
Conservative (1) 27898
Conservative (2) 26801
Liberal (1) 12966
Liberal (2) 12836

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
National 54699 Elected
National Liberal 54269 Elected
Labour (1) 26425
Labour (2) 26061

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
National 44896 Elected
National Liberal 43697 Elected
Labour (1) 30751
Labour (2) 30028

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1939
Party Votes Outcome
National -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Nov, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 37556 Elected
Labour (2) 37054 Elected
National 24367
National Liberal 22650
Liberal 8878

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General 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, Southampton PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743245/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024