Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1600
Conservative 430

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 1627
Conservative 525

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 1627
Conservative 981

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
Liberal 1659
Conservative 587

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Sep, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 835
Conservative 559

This was a by-election.

Election of 16th Jun, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1733
Conservative 820
Left 216

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Sep, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1868
Conservative 1538

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2270
Conservative 1025

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 1730
Conservative 430

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 2898
Conservative 648

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 2362
Conservative 1096

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 9672
Conservative 2492

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 10517
Conservative 3642

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 16622
Conservative 2730

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jun, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15443
Conservative 4943
Left 1251

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17348

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 20259
Conservative 5546

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Aug, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6508
Other 1619

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14983
Liberal 13260

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 14172
Liberal 7922
Labour 7640

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 20600
Conservative 12830

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
Conservative 15991
Liberal 10343
Labour 10189

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 9515
Labour 9144
Conservative 8160

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

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Dec, 1916
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25145
Conservative 14920
Liberal 13408
Left 13012

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 46892
Liberal 24068
Conservative 22240

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 45205
Conservative 20070
Liberal 10669
Other 9772

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 52595
Conservative 47125
Liberal 7083

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 75925
Conservative 44996
Liberal 11317

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Left 49257
Conservative 47729
Labour 42082

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 49631
Conservative 37707
Left 37566

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jul, 1936
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28419
Left 25666

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 82996
Conservative 42585

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General 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, Derby PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744286/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 15th May 2024