Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 356 Elected
Liberal (2) 239 Elected
Liberal (3) 212

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 (1) 374 Elected
Liberal (2) 291 Elected
Conservative (1) 159
Conservative (2) 157

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 (1) 401 Elected
Liberal 382 Elected
Conservative (2) 312

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 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Mar, 1844
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 513 Elected
Liberal 174 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 423 Elected
Conservative (1) 407 Elected
Liberal (2) 387
Conservative (2) 348

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) 501 Elected
Conservative (2) 487 Elected
Liberal (1) 477
Liberal (2) 386

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th May, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

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) 613 Elected
Liberal (2) 557 Elected
Conservative (1) 429
Conservative (2) 230

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Oct, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 645 Elected
Conservative 616 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 746 Elected
Conservative (1) 737 Elected
Liberal (2) 728
Conservative (2) 591

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) 1508 Elected
Liberal (2) 1446 Elected
Conservative (1) 967
Conservative (2) 873

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Nov, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1218 Elected
Conservative 1084 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1721 Elected
Liberal (2) 1495 Elected
Conservative (1) 1244
Conservative (2) 945

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
Conservative 1873 Elected
Liberal (1) 1838 Elected
Liberal (2) 1702

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 2nd Jul, 1883
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2138 Elected
Conservative 2101 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2712 Elected
Conservative 2550

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2765 Elected
Liberal 2230

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 3077 Elected
Liberal 2628

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
Conservative 3205 Elected
Liberal 2863

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 3399 Elected
Conservative 3191

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 4348 Elected
Liberal 3935

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Mar, 1908
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4495 Elected
Liberal 3477

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4634 Elected
Liberal 3833

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 4397 Elected
Liberal 3515

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11210 Elected
Labour 3556

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th May, 1921
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative 11685 Elected
Labour 5437
Liberal 4240

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 13991 Elected
Labour 6492

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11914 Elected
Liberal 5876
Labour 4859

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15217 Elected
Labour 6082

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15928 Elected
Liberal 8004
Labour 6516

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22640 Elected
Labour 4983
Liberal 4561

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20905 Elected
Labour 9404

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov, 1937
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18428 Elected
Labour 11244

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14105 Elected
Labour 10580
Independent Progressive 2564

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30035 Elected
Labour 17603
Liberal 9122

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 34495 Elected
Labour 19621

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20469 Elected
Labour 11933
Liberal 4303

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22458 Elected
Labour 13576

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16902 Elected
Labour 11324
Liberal 9716

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15324 Elected
Labour 12984
Liberal 9744

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20364 Elected
Labour 13549
Liberal 6324

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20075 Elected
Labour 12992
Liberal 11690

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

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18337 Elected
Labour 13685
Liberal 8793

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

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21311 Elected
Labour 12392
Liberal 6474
Independent 839
National Front 344

More information about the 1979 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.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753706/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 08th May 2024