Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3204
Conservative 1686

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 4330
Conservative 1254

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jul, 1836
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1576
Liberal 1528

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2979
Conservative 2828

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
Liberal -1

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 4264
Conservative 1680

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 6385

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Feb, 1856
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4578
Conservative 1673

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 5829

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2153
Conservative 1086

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Dec, 1860
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3846

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7478

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 13731
Conservative 2725

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 14271
Conservative 6479

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7356
Conservative 6353

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22170
Conservative 5271

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9443
Conservative 7187

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Left 10489
Liberal 10129
Conservative 9500

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Feb, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11110
Conservative 8449

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 30510
Conservative 9580

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 21591
Conservative 13823

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 24227

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25003
Liberal 23016
Left 2302

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 29849
Liberal 20951

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
Conservative 23165
Labour 18869
Liberal 18423

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Sep, 1908
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13863
Liberal 11720
Left 2971

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27995
Liberal 18779
Labour 18241

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 25764
Liberal 16599
Labour 16447

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

This was a General Election

Election of 13th May, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743178/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 15th May 2024