Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 697 Elected
Liberal (2) 525 Elected
Liberal (3) 404
Conservative 392

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Apr, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 574 Elected
Liberal 556 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 844 Elected
Liberal (1) 709 Elected
Liberal (2) 389

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 688 Elected
Liberal (1) 628 Elected
Liberal (2) 591

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 17th Sep, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 706 Elected
Conservative 462 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Aug, 1845
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 627 Elected
Liberal 498 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 879 Elected
Liberal (1) 642 Elected
Liberal (2) 568

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Dec, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 705 Elected
Liberal (2) 576 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 868 Elected
Liberal (1) 814 Elected
Liberal (2) 654

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jan, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 956 Elected
Liberal (2) 646 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1123 Elected
Conservative 1081 Elected
Liberal (2) 863

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) 1527 Elected
Liberal (2) 1292 Elected
Conservative 790

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) 1826 Elected
Conservative 1355 Elected
Liberal (2) 1307

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1430 Elected
Liberal (2) 1294 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6237 Elected
Liberal (2) 4901 Elected
Liberal (3) 3596

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) 6172 Elected
Liberal (2) 5920 Elected
Conservative 3781

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) 7639 Elected
Liberal (2) 6995 Elected
Conservative 4262

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Apr, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 8295 Elected
Liberal (2) 7759 Elected
Conservative 6703

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) 6971 Elected
Liberal (2) 6840 Elected
Liberal Unionist 6027

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 (1) 9711 Elected
Liberal (2) 9554 Elected
Liberal Unionist 8394
Conservative 8002

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 9833 Elected
Liberal (1) 8232 Elected
Liberal (2) 8185

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) 9617 Elected
Conservative (2) 9566 Elected
Liberal 9370
Labour 8842

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 13620 Elected
Labour 13430 Elected
Conservative (1) 7879
Conservative (2) 7244

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
Independent Conservative 12334 Elected
Conservative 12270 Elected
Liberal 11529
Labour 11058

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 11997 Elected
Labour 11291 Elected
Conservative (1) 10300
Conservative (2) 10132

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 27646 Elected
Conservative 25698 Elected
Labour 6903

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 28001 Elected
Conservative (2) 24591 Elected
National Liberal 19058
Labour (1) 13683
Labour (2) 13490
Liberal 13036

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 23497 Elected
Conservative (2) 23379 Elected
Liberal (1) 22438
Liberal (2) 22034
Labour (1) 13707
Labour (2) 13184

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 28612 Elected
Conservative (2) 28608 Elected
Labour 21823
Liberal (1) 20139
Liberal (2) 13731

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) 31794 Elected
Labour (2) 31085 Elected
Conservative (1) 29180
Conservative (2) 28937
Liberal (1) 21300
Liberal (2) 21142

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Mar, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30497 Elected
Labour 30075 Elected
Liberal 15020

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 53386 Elected
Conservative (2) 52589 Elected
Labour (1) 29707
Labour (2) 29680

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 49001 Elected
Conservative 48760 Elected
Labour (1) 32483
Labour (2) 32059

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) 38769 Elected
Labour (2) 36711 Elected
National Liberal 29366
Conservative 28579
Communist Party of Great Britain 4501

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.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753652/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024