Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1239
Conservative 853

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 1000
Liberal 794

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 1130
Liberal 1073

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 1293
Liberal 1110

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Aug, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1367
Liberal 1067

This was a by-election.

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

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2079
Conservative 1564

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
Conservative 596

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Feb, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1720
Conservative 962

This was a by-election.

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

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 3547

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
Liberal 1647

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3362
Conservative 2987

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 4571
Liberal 4108

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 5069
Conservative 4637

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
Liberal 2304

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6074
Conservative 5874

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10902
Liberal 9101

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 9749
Liberal 8413

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
Conservative 4266

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10183
Liberal 10102

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
Liberal 14749
Conservative 5924
Left 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
Conservative 5522
Left 274

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16480
Conservative 6888

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 13287
Conservative 11289
Left 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 17708
Conservative 15715

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 16945
Conservative 15086

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 43727
Conservative 15548
Labour 14604

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 42405
Right 20894
Labour 14868
Other 14193

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40702
Labour 33887
Liberal 27381

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 60904
Labour 43951

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 63501
Conservative 54699
Liberal 25802

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Other 54699
Right 54269
Labour 52486

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 60779
Other 44896
Right 43697

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1939
Party Votes Outcome
Other -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Nov, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Right -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 74610
Other 24367
Right 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 two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Southampton PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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

Date accessed: 19th May 2024