Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1615 Elected
Liberal (2) 1121 Elected
Conservative 985

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 1425 Elected
Liberal (1) 1176 Elected
Liberal (2) 1029

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 Elected
Liberal -1 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
Conservative (1) 1302 Elected
Liberal 1192 Elected
Conservative (2) 1119

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Sep, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Apr, 1844
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1293 Elected
Liberal 529 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul, 1845
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1258 Elected
Liberal 588 Elected

This was a by-election.

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

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
Conservative (1) 1210 Elected
Liberal 1191 Elected
Conservative (2) 1111

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
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -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
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Aug, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1096 Elected
Liberal 1070 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

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) 2317 Elected
Liberal (2) 2247 Elected
Conservative (1) 2218
Conservative (2) 2026

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Dec, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2346 Elected
Liberal 2025 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 2523 Elected
Conservative (2) 2330 Elected
Liberal (1) 2264
Liberal (2) 2053

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 3038 Elected
Conservative (1) 2590 Elected
Conservative (2) 2545

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 3315 Elected
Liberal 3074

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 3222 Elected
Liberal 2879

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
Conservative 3884 Elected
Liberal 3329

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 3857 Elected
Liberal 3363

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Nov, 1899
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4030 Elected
Liberal 3371

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4001 Elected
Liberal 3388

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 4469 Elected
Conservative 4384

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
Conservative 4902 Elected
Liberal 4876

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
Conservative 4777 Elected
Liberal 4776

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

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Aug, 1916
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th May, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12524 Elected
Liberal 8806

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14326 Elected
Liberal 10920

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14908 Elected
Labour 7123

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14522 Elected
Labour 6359
Liberal 4359

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Independent 16642 Elected
Labour 9361
Conservative 7622

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20360 Elected
Liberal 8571
Labour 7958

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21192 Elected
Labour 13674

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16420 Elected
Labour 15245
Liberal 6220

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24339 Elected
Labour 21135

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23218 Elected
Labour 18576
Liberal 3908

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24147 Elected
Labour 18759

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21579 Elected
Labour 15918
Liberal 6852

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18035 Elected
Labour 16673
Liberal 8815

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22199 Elected
Conservative 18613
Liberal 4869

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21680 Elected
Labour 20409
Liberal 6072

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22762 Elected
Labour 17686
Liberal 16322

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21970 Elected
Labour 19622
Liberal 12342

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27173 Elected
Labour 19146
Liberal 8756
Ecology Party 1053

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26660 Elected
Social Democratic Party 16780
Labour 13085
Ecology Party 779

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26922 Elected
Social Democratic Party 19266
Labour 13643
Green 597
Independent 209

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25543 Elected
Labour 22498
Liberal Democrat 12059
Liberal 1119
Green 764
Natural Law 98

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29398 Elected
Conservative 17693
Liberal Democrat 11148
Liberal 2062
Green 643
UK Independence Party 638
Independent 282

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26194 Elected
Conservative 14435
Liberal Democrat 6512
Liberal 2596
Green 1240
UK Independence Party 1109
Socialist Alliance 530

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22619 Elected
Conservative 14954
Liberal Democrat 11340
Liberal 2214
Green 1896
UK Independence Party 1854
Independent 191

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19942 Elected
Conservative 17221
Liberal Democrat 10581
UK Independence Party 1930
Liberal 1108
Green 792
British National Party 673

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25062 Elected
Conservative 17879
UK Independence Party 5075
Green 3491
Liberal Democrat 2321
Left Unity - Trade Unionists & Socialists 190

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34336 Elected
Conservative 18219
Liberal Democrat 1562
Green 1027
Independent (1) 212
Independent (2) 67

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29882 Elected
Conservative 19479
Green 4838
Brexit Party 1428
Independent 306
UK Independence Party 259

More information about the 2019 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, Exeter PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749818/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 17th May 2024