Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jun, 1834
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 686 Elected
Conservative 449

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 727 Elected
Conservative 423

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Apr, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

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

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Apr, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 643 Elected
Conservative 407

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 821 Elected
Liberal (2) 701

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) 904 Elected
Liberal (2) 746

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 Elected

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) 2916 Elected
Liberal (2) 2319

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) 4489 Elected
Liberal (2) 1945

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jan, 1878
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4929 Elected
Conservative 1788

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

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
Liberal 6355 Elected
Conservative 2485

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
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Aug, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4204 Elected
Independent Liberal Unionist (1) 1528
Liberal Unionist 1499
Independent Liberal Unionist (2) 3

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5738 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4095

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Mar, 1894
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5823 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4692

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5819 Elected
Conservative 4494

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 6043 Elected
Liberal Unionist 5226

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 7677 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4865

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 7146 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4540
Labour 2724

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 7069 Elected
Liberal Unionist 5284

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

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1914
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5159 Elected
Liberal 5143
Labour 3346

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.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750298/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 18th May 2024