Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 495 Elected
Liberal (2) 485 Elected
Conservative (1) 361
Conservative (2) 265

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) 551 Elected
Liberal 405 Elected
Conservative (2) 389

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Apr, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 416 Elected
Liberal (2) 401 Elected
Conservative (1) 370
Conservative (2) 330

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Feb, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th May, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 406 Elected
Liberal 360 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

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) 459 Elected
Liberal (2) 437 Elected
Conservative 392

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th May, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 460 Elected
Liberal 257 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected

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) 547 Elected
Liberal (2) 503 Elected
Conservative 322
Liberal (3) 24

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 (1) 497 Elected
Liberal (2) 458 Elected
Conservative (1) 404
Conservative (2) 328

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 463 Elected
Conservative 283 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 494 Elected
Liberal (2) 477 Elected
Conservative 413

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 466 Elected
Liberal 458 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 933 Elected
Liberal (2) 923 Elected
Conservative 710

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) 1035 Elected
Liberal (2) 1006 Elected
Conservative (1) 764
Conservative (2) 611

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
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th May, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1145 Elected
Liberal 705 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.

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

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Date accessed: 16th May 2024