Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 376 Elected
Liberal (2) 346 Elected
Liberal (3) 334

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) 432 Elected
Liberal (2) 316 Elected
Liberal (3) 303

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 (1) 515 Elected
Liberal (2) 416 Elected
Liberal (3) 9

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) 441 Elected
Conservative (2) 427 Elected
Liberal 426

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 641 Elected
Liberal (1) 602 Elected
Liberal (2) 392
Chartists 68

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) 846 Elected
Liberal (2) 580 Elected
Conservative 509

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Mar, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 631 Elected
Conservative 574 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
Conservative 832 Elected
Liberal (1) 750 Elected
Liberal (2) 567

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 (1) 1053 Elected
Conservative (2) 938 Elected
Liberal (1) 744
Liberal (2) 577

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
Conservative (1) 4907 Elected
Conservative (2) 4826 Elected
Liberal (1) 4399
Liberal (2) 4164

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Mar, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 4738 Elected
Conservative (2) 4697 Elected
Liberal (1) 3964
Liberal (2) 3804

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 5532 Elected
Liberal (1) 5338 Elected
Conservative (2) 5323
Liberal (2) 4851

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Oct, 1875
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5792 Elected
Liberal 4832 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6349 Elected
Conservative (1) 6207 Elected
Conservative (2) 6088
Liberal (2) 5760

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 9168 Elected
Conservative (2) 8425 Elected
Liberal (1) 6740
Liberal (2) 5341

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 -1 Elected

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) 9265 Elected
Conservative (2) 9046 Elected
Liberal (1) 7272
Liberal (2) 6694

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 (1) 9553 Elected
Conservative (2) 9150 Elected
Liberal 6840

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 (1) 11247 Elected
Conservative (2) 9415 Elected
Labour 7096

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 (1) 10291 Elected
Labour 10282 Elected
Conservative (2) 8932
Liberal 8892

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 12064 Elected
Labour 11916 Elected
Conservative (1) 9307
Conservative (2) 9112

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
Labour 10762 Elected
Liberal 10754 Elected
Conservative (1) 9814
Conservative (2) 9500

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Liberal 32076 Elected
Coalition Conservative 30158 Elected
Labour 15274

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28280 Elected
National Liberal 27071 Elected
Labour (1) 24049
Labour (2) 23402
Liberal 8141

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 31117 Elected
Conservative 28505 Elected
Labour (1) 25428
Labour (2) 21903

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 31612 Elected
Conservative 31347 Elected
Labour (1) 24330
Labour (2) 24317

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 37256 Elected
Labour (2) 35723 Elected
Conservative 35249
Liberal 34504

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 50105 Elected
Conservative (2) 49953 Elected
Labour (1) 25643
Labour (2) 25030

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 37932 Elected
Conservative (2) 37769 Elected
Labour (1) 34571
Labour (2) 34423

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 35182 Elected
Labour (2) 35145 Elected
Conservative (1) 26325
Conservative (2) 25807
Liberal (1) 6587
Liberal (2) 6096

More information about the 1945 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, Blackburn PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 21st May 2024