Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1626
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
Liberal 556

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1098
Conservative 844

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 1219
Conservative 688

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
Liberal -1

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
Conservative 462

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1210
Conservative 879

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Dec, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1281

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1468
Conservative 868

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jan, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1602

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1986
Conservative 1081

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 2819
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 3133
Conservative 1355

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2724

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14734

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 12092
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 14634
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

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16054
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 19838

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 27659
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
Liberal 16417
Conservative 9833

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 19183
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
Conservative 15123
Liberal 13620
Labour 13430

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
Right 12334
Conservative 12270
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
Conservative 20432
Liberal 11997
Labour 11291

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 27646
Conservative 25698
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 52592
Labour 27173
Right 19058
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 46876
Liberal 44472
Labour 26891

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 57220
Liberal 33870
Labour 21823

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 62879
Conservative 58117
Liberal 42442

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
Labour 30075
Liberal 15020

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 105975
Labour 59387

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 64542
Right 49001
Conservative 48760

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 75480
Right 29366
Conservative 28579
Left 4501

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, Sunderland PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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

Date accessed: 24th April 2024