Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 551 Elected
Liberal (1) 444 Elected
Liberal (2) 431
Liberal (3) 237

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) 582 Elected
Conservative 482 Elected
Liberal (2) 361

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 467 Elected
Liberal (1) 467 Elected
Liberal (2) 412 Elected

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) 571 Elected
Liberal (2) 541 Elected
Conservative 346

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) 643 Elected
Conservative 570 Elected
Liberal (2) 537
Chartists 14

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Dec, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 545 Elected
Conservative 518 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 725 Elected
Liberal (2) 622 Elected
Conservative 549

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 834 Elected
Liberal (2) 606 Elected
Conservative 557

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) 769 Elected
Liberal (2) 641 Elected
Conservative 594

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th May, 1864
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) 736 Elected
Liberal (2) 664 Elected
Conservative 601

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) 2714 Elected
Liberal (1) 2658 Elected
Liberal (2) 2598
Conservative (2) 2475

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) 3628 Elected
Liberal (2) 3538 Elected
Conservative (1) 3406
Conservative (2) 3372

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
Liberal (1) 4232 Elected
Liberal (2) 4103 Elected
Conservative (1) 3873
Conservative (2) 3685

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 (1) 4855 Elected
Conservative (2) 4498 Elected
Liberal (1) 4486
Liberal (2) 4132

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) 4702 Elected
Conservative (2) 4495 Elected
Liberal (1) 4184
Liberal (2) 3938

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 5202 Elected
Conservative (1) 4986 Elected
Liberal (2) 4876
Conservative (2) 4681

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Feb, 1893
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5264 Elected
Liberal 4799 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (Liberal) 5410 Elected
Conservative 5067 Elected
Liberal (1) 4933
Liberal (2) 4562

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) 5666 Elected
Conservative (1) 5377 Elected
Liberal (2) 5200
Conservative (2) 5098

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
Labour 7299 Elected
Liberal 6544 Elected
Conservative (1) 4591
Conservative (2) 4064

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
Labour 6682 Elected
Liberal 6645 Elected
Conservative (1) 5268
Conservative (2) 5249

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 6169 Elected
Labour 6094 Elected
Conservative (1) 5234
Conservative (2) 5183

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 Labour -1 Elected
Coalition Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar, 1920
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative 22847 Elected
Coalition Liberal 22386 Elected
Labour 16042
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 14434
Independent (1) 5644
Independent (2) 5443
Independent (3) 2336

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 35241 Elected
Conservative 33852 Elected
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 17059
Labour 16126

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) 20308 Elected
Liberal (1) 19223 Elected
Conservative (2) 18129
Liberal (2) 16756
Labour 16340

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) 28057 Elected
Conservative (2) 26417 Elected
Labour 21986
Liberal 12386

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Sep, 1925
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20219 Elected
Conservative 17892 Elected
Liberal 17296

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30955 Elected
Conservative (1) 29043 Elected
Liberal 22595
Conservative (2) 22047
Independent Liberal 8355

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) 50936 Elected
Conservative (2) 47757 Elected
Labour 23350
Independent Labour Party 15591

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 43882 Elected
Conservative (2) 43001 Elected
Labour (1) 28798
Labour (2) 27528

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 31039 Elected
Conservative (2) 30792 Elected
Labour (1) 29674
Labour (2) 29630
Liberal (1) 14994
Liberal (2) 14942

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.

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Date accessed: 18th May 2024