Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1321 Elected
Conservative (1) 1275 Elected
Liberal (2) 1191
Conservative (2) 958

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
Liberal (1) 1119 Elected
Conservative 1111 Elected
Liberal (2) 951

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) 1095 Elected
Liberal (2) 1033 Elected
Conservative 925

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
Liberal (1) 990 Elected
Liberal (2) 970 Elected
Conservative 897
Chartists 176

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 897 Elected
Liberal (2) 841 Elected
Conservative (1) 652
Conservative (2) 607
Chartists 141

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Feb, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 823 Elected
Conservative 480 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 855 Elected
Liberal (2) 825 Elected
Conservative 745
Chartists 106

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th 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) 1079 Elected
Liberal (2) 1011 Elected
Conservative 815

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) 1151 Elected
Liberal (2) 1143 Elected
Conservative 832
Liberal (3) 27

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1859
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) 1269 Elected
Liberal (2) 1250 Elected
Conservative (1) 1029
Conservative (2) 950

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
Liberal (1) 2691 Elected
Liberal (2) 2154 Elected
Conservative (1) 1634
Conservative (2) 1396
Liberal (3) 1086
Liberal (4) 492

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
Conservative (1) 2690 Elected
Liberal (1) 2310 Elected
Conservative (2) 2175
Liberal (2) 1796
Liberal (3) 1653

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Oct, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2171 Elected
Liberal (1) 1836 Elected
Liberal (2) 1766

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 4158 Elected
Liberal (2) 3827 Elected
Conservative (1) 3152
Conservative (2) 2826

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Apr, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3437 Elected
Conservative 3305 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Mar, 1882
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3796 Elected
Conservative 3688 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Feb, 1884
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4032 Elected
Conservative 3664 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 4845 Elected
Liberal (2) 4315 Elected
Conservative 3890

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
Liberal (1) 4570 Elected
Liberal (2) 4353 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3850
Conservative 3456

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Feb, 1891
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5436 Elected
Conservative 3723 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 36951 Elected
Liberal (1) 5439 Elected
Liberal (2) 5164
Conservative (2) 3235

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 4884 Elected
Conservative (1) 3820 Elected
Liberal-Labour 3703
Conservative (2) 3394
Social Democratic Federation 1216
Independent Liberal 1131

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
Liberal (1) 5437 Elected
Liberal (2) 5281 Elected
Conservative (1) 4480
Conservative (2) 4124

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) 4479 Elected
Liberal (2) 4244 Elected
Conservative (1) 4078
Conservative (2) 4000
Social Democratic Federation (1) 2544
Social Democratic Federation (2) 2366

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) 5398 Elected
Liberal (2) 5289 Elected
Conservative (1) 4569
Conservative (2) 4464
Social Democratic Party (1) 1792
Social Democratic Party (2) 1617

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) 6179 Elected
Liberal (2) 6025 Elected
Conservative (1) 4885
Conservative (2) 4550

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 Liberal 18010 Elected
Labour 10735

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 19974 Elected
Labour 14498
Liberal 3753

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15556 Elected
Conservative 11520
Liberal 11342

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16017 Elected
Labour 15046
Liberal 9436

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jan, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15173 Elected
Conservative 14616
Liberal 9584
Independent Conservative 1093

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22356 Elected
Conservative 20177
Liberal 11054

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34817 Elected
Labour 19898

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25438 Elected
Labour 23983

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16587 Elected
Christian Pacifist 1167

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27681 Elected
Conservative 20684
Independent Labour 749

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31946 Elected
Conservative 24664
Liberal 8619

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 35038 Elected
Conservative 30244

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32119 Elected
Conservative 28771

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27823 Elected
Conservative 25106
Liberal 7170

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28568 Elected
Conservative 24128
Liberal 5557

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (Independent Labour) (Labour) 31541 Elected
Conservative 24052

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27424 Elected
Conservative 26183

More information about the 1970 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.

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Date accessed: 19th May 2024