Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 599 Elected
Liberal (2) 593 Elected
Conservative (1) 303
Conservative (2) 267
Conservative (3) 94

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) 557 Elected
Conservative (2) 555 Elected
Liberal (1) 531
Liberal (2) 516

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jun, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 542 Elected
Liberal (2) 533 Elected
Conservative (1) 454
Conservative (2) 434

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 601 Elected
Liberal (1) 595 Elected
Conservative (2) 593
Liberal (2) 593

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jul, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 621 Elected
Liberal 615 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 659 Elected
Liberal (2) 657 Elected
Conservative (1) 611
Conservative (2) 604

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Jun, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 680 Elected
Conservative (2) 673 Elected
Liberal (1) 543
Liberal (2) 541
Liberal (3) 3

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Aug, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 651 Elected
Conservative (2) 641 Elected
Liberal (1) 548
Chartists 473
Liberal (2) 2

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 829 Elected
Liberal 708 Elected
Conservative (2) 661
Chartists 546

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) 809 Elected
Liberal (1) 782 Elected
Conservative (2) 725
Liberal (2) 725

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) 780 Elected
Liberal (1) 759 Elected
Liberal (2) 738
Conservative (2) 709

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) 918 Elected
Liberal (1) 864 Elected
Conservative (2) 842
Liberal (2) 388

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
Liberal (1) 992 Elected
Conservative (1) 910 Elected
Liberal (2) 904
Conservative (2) 774

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) 2321 Elected
Liberal (2) 2195 Elected
Conservative 2044

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
Conservative (1) 3059 Elected
Conservative (2) 2827 Elected
Liberal (1) 2506
Liberal (2) 2322

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jan, 1877
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2213 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jan, 1878
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal/Labour Alliance 1607 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 3142 Elected
Liberal (1) 3074 Elected
Liberal (2) 3025
Conservative (2) 2979

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3266 Elected
Conservative 2816 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3795 Elected
Liberal (2) 3777 Elected
Conservative (1) 3717
Conservative (2) 3649

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Apr, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 3687 Elected
Conservative (2) 3662 Elected
Liberal (1) 3635
Liberal (2) 3627

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 3687 Elected
Conservative (2) 3662 Elected
Liberal (1) 3635
Liberal (2) 3627

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) 4350 Elected
Conservative (2) 4277 Elected
Liberal (1) 4054
Liberal (2) 3888

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
Liberal (1) 4396 Elected
Conservative (1) 4293 Elected
Liberal (2) 4250
Conservative (2) 4219

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
Liberal (1) 4557 Elected
Conservative (1) 4527 Elected
Liberal (2) 4283
Conservative (2) 4207

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 (1) 6396 Elected
Liberal (2) 6290 Elected
Conservative (1) 4591
Conservative (2) 4232

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
Liberal (1) 6120 Elected
Liberal (2) 5958 Elected
Conservative (1) 5690
Conservative (2) 5645

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
Liberal (1) 5931 Elected
Liberal (2) 5791 Elected
Conservative (1) 5447
Conservative (2) 5409

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

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd May, 1914
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6406 Elected
Liberal 5874 Elected
Independent Labour 395

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13553 Elected
Labour 8143
Liberal 3663

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17134 Elected
Labour 14924

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15824 Elected
Conservative 15364

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19621 Elected
Labour 15791

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18527 Elected
Labour 17592
Liberal 10559

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29782 Elected
Labour 17490

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28528 Elected
Labour 21278

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Feb, 1938
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27604 Elected
Conservative 24443

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26296 Elected
Conservative 18177
Liberal 8819

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29386 Elected
Conservative 24993
Liberal 8340

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33463 Elected
Conservative 29227

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32306 Elected
Conservative 28724

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Oct, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26898 Elected
Conservative 19161
Liberal 12587

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25858 Elected
Conservative 22623
Liberal 14359

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24648 Elected
Conservative 22216
Liberal 14755
National Democratic Party 349

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30313 Elected
Conservative 23440
Liberal 6200
National Democratic Party 769

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27704 Elected
Labour 27691
Liberal 5147
National Democratic Party 2322

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29893 Elected
Labour 29634
Liberal 11857
National Democrat 1161

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31566 Elected
Conservative 29833
Liberal 8295

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34444 Elected
Conservative 30703
Liberal 5772
National Front 449
WRP 115

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22191 Elected
Conservative 21114
Liberal 7220
British National Party 235

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23328 Elected
Labour 22454
Social Democratic Party 6596
Workers' Party 174

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23680 Elected
Conservative 23415
Liberal Democrat 6159
Green 591
Natural Law 181

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25484 Elected
Conservative 15048
Liberal Democrat 5881
Referendum Party 1637
UK Independence Party 208
Natural Law 107

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19952 Elected
Conservative 11871
Liberal Democrat 5904
UK Independence Party 624
Socialist Alliance 305
Socialist Labour Party 217

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Nov, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11881 Elected
Conservative 7794
Liberal Democrat 6146
Christian People's Alliance 581
UK Independence Party 276
Green 255
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 236
Socialist Alliance 152
English Independence Party 84

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18336 Elected
Conservative 13004
Liberal Democrat 8464
UK Independence Party 1134
English Democrats 641
Independent 299

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18371 Elected
Labour 16292
Liberal Democrat 8556
UK Independence Party 1365
British National Party 1270
Green 775
Christian Party 149
Independent (1) 93
Independent (2) 70

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21794 Elected
Labour 18061
UK Independence Party 5703
Green 1736
Liberal Democrat 1400

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24235 Elected
Conservative 23399
UK Independence Party 1372
Liberal Democrat 1187
Green 840
Independent 121

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24952 Elected
Labour 19473
Liberal Democrat 2439
Brexit Party 1432
Green 1283

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.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Ipswich PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 15th May 2024