Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1475
Conservative 101

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 -2

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jul, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 415
Conservative 394

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1086
Conservative 594

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 -2

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 1962
Conservative 696

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1734
Conservative 868

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Dec, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 895
Conservative 783

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2781

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Oct, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2960

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3078
Conservative 846

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 12262
Conservative 12200

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jun, 1872
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7278
Liberal 6984

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17123
Liberal 16757

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Mar, 1877
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9542
Conservative 8831

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21039
Conservative 17575

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
Liberal 24106
Conservative 23483

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 23090
Liberal 21812

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 25160
Conservative 24157

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 25550
Liberal 24341

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jul, 1899
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25746
Conservative 22926

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 25656
Conservative 25453

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 34069
Conservative 23380

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 38092
Conservative 26039

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 34049
Conservative 26721

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

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Nov, 1911
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12255
Liberal 10623
Labour 7448

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 35577
Conservative 26568
Labour 15178

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 24762
Labour 24434
Conservative 23200
Liberal 15998

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 38671
Conservative 29713
Labour 20939

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 45704
Conservative 37419
Liberal 36761

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Jun, 1925
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26325
Labour 21702

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 66950
Liberal 34338
Conservative 29424

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 101088
Labour 54990

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 63963
Conservative 36738
Right 34755
Liberal 8534

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 63031
Conservative 26914
Right 24199
Liberal 18629

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, Oldham PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744304/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 30th May 2024