Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 30057
Conservative 5112

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Feb, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5569
Liberal 4527

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Aug, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4041
Conservative 2004

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24384
Conservative 13672

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 24537
Conservative 5873

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 24858
Liberal 24671

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Oct, 1843
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6532
Conservative 6367

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 28191
Conservative 21763

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6017
Conservative 2814

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Jul, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19320
Conservative 6195

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Jun, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Mar, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 29697

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jul, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -4

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul, 1861
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5747
Conservative 5241

This was a by-election.

Election of 2nd Jun, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 27350
Conservative 8283

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24988
Conservative 18242

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 22nd Feb, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24937
Liberal 19931

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
Conservative 30856
Liberal 17530

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 21629
Liberal 5817
Right 5563

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

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jul, 1887
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Apr, 1891
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Jun, 1891
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19814
Right 4207

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

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

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31638
Liberal 10377

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15474
Other 4134

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jun, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 35209
Liberal 4623

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

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th May, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10114
Right 6178

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

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

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12962
Liberal 5525

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32241
Liberal 4579

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

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Apr, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Feb, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Other -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Other 6711
Conservative 5309
Liberal 1487

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Oct, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4506
Liberal 1503

This was a by-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, City of London PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12736125/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024