Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3372 Elected
Liberal (1) 3273 Elected
Liberal (2) 2054
Liberal (3) 1926
Liberal (4) 118

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 2165 Elected
Liberal (1) 2092 Elected
Liberal (2) 1385
Liberal (3) 789

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) 2726 Elected
Conservative (2) 1821 Elected
Liberal 1562

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) 1655 Elected
Liberal (2) 1629 Elected
Conservative (1) 1270
Conservative (2) 1255

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) 1404 Elected
Liberal (2) 1378 Elected
Conservative 1361

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 1335 Elected
Liberal (1) 1253 Elected
Liberal (2) 1127
Liberal (3) 692

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) 1503 Elected
Conservative 1433 Elected
Liberal (2) 1094

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) 1542 Elected
Liberal 1208 Elected
Conservative (2) 1168

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Apr, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1527 Elected
Liberal 1014 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -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
Conservative (1) 5803 Elected
Conservative (2) 5700 Elected
Liberal (1) 4741
Liberal (2) 4663

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Sep, 1872
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4542 Elected
Liberal 3824 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 6512 Elected
Conservative (2) 5211 Elected
Liberal/Labour Alliance 3756

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Apr, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 6239 Elected
Conservative (2) 5641 Elected
Liberal 5355

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd May, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6004 Elected
Liberal 4340 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Feb, 1882
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6045 Elected
Liberal/Labour Alliance 4212 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Nov, 1882
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 6351 Elected
Conservative (2) 4167 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 8459 Elected
Conservative (2) 7971 Elected
Liberal 5491

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) 7497 Elected
Conservative (2) 7296 Elected
Liberal 4982
Liberal-Labour 4771

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 (1) 8070 Elected
Conservative (2) 7764 Elected
Liberal 6182

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 (1) 8928 Elected
Conservative (2) 7622 Elected
Independent Labour Party 4781

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
Conservative (1) 8944 Elected
Conservative (2) 8067 Elected
Labour 4834

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Dec, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th May, 1903
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8639 Elected
Labour 6490 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 10181 Elected
Liberal 8538 Elected
Conservative (1) 7303
Conservative (2) 6856

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 (1) 9526 Elected
Conservative (2) 9160 Elected
Labour 7539
Liberal 6281
Free Trader 2704

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 (1) 9184 Elected
Conservative (2) 8993 Elected
Liberal 8193
Labour 7855

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

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1915
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19213 Elected
Coalition Conservative (1) 18970 Elected
Liberal 18485
Coalition Conservative (2) 17928

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26259 Elected
Liberal 24798 Elected
Conservative (1) 22574
Conservative (2) 20410

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25816 Elected
Liberal 25155 Elected
Conservative 23962

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27009 Elected
Conservative (1) 25887 Elected
Liberal 25327
Conservative (2) 24557

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 37705 Elected
Liberal 31277 Elected
Conservative (1) 29116
Conservative (2) 27754
Independent Labour 2111

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jul, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (National Labour) 35608 Elected
Conservative 29168 Elected
Independent Labour 410

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 46276 Elected
Conservative (2) 45843 Elected
Labour (1) 25710
Labour (2) 24660

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) 37219 Elected
Conservative (2) 36797 Elected
Labour (1) 32225
Labour (2) 31827

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Nov, 1936
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32575 Elected
Labour 30970 Elected
Independent 3221

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Sep, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 33053 Elected
Labour (2) 32889 Elected
Conservative (1) 29129
Conservative (2) 27885
Liberal 8251
Communist Party of Great Britain 5168

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: 02nd June 2024