Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2012 Elected
Liberal (2) 1984 Elected
Conservative 1596

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 (1) 1941 Elected
Liberal (1) 1803 Elected
Liberal (2) 1665
Conservative (2) 4

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 (2) 2028 Elected
Liberal 1880 Elected
Conservative (1) 1759

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) 2076 Elected
Liberal (1) 2043 Elected
Liberal (2) 2033
Conservative (2) 1926

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
Conservative 2529 Elected
Liberal (1) 2172 Elected
Liberal (2) 1978

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 (1) 2344 Elected
Liberal (2) 2311 Elected
Conservative (1) 1132
Conservative (2) 1089

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 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Feb, 1856
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2329 Elected
Conservative 2237 Elected
Liberal (2) 2143

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jun, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2070 Elected
Liberal 2064 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2343 Elected
Conservative 2302 Elected
Liberal (2) 2280

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3223 Elected
Liberal (1) 3045 Elected
Liberal (2) 2902

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) 15941 Elected
Liberal (2) 15105 Elected
Conservative (1) 9437 Elected
Liberal (3) 5658
Conservative (2) 5621

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 (1) 15390 Elected
Conservative (1) 14864 Elected
Conservative (2) 13194 Elected
Liberal (2) 11850
Liberal (3) 5954

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Aug, 1876
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16672 Elected
Conservative 13774 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 24622 Elected
Liberal (2) 23647 Elected
Conservative (1) 13331 Elected
Conservative (2) 11965

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th May, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Aug, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743919/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th May 2024