Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1076 Elected
Conservative 657 Elected
Liberal (2) 602

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) 855 Elected
Conservative 586 Elected
Liberal (2) 508
Liberal (3) 269

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) 865 Elected
Conservative 657 Elected
Liberal (2) 540

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jul, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 620 Elected
Liberal (1) 72 Elected
Liberal (2) 3

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected

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 (1) 687 Elected
Liberal 620 Elected
Conservative (2) 546

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Mar, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 614 Elected
Liberal 345 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Dec, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 499 Elected
Liberal (2) 147 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Apr, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 544 Elected
Conservative 518 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 558 Elected
Liberal (2) 525 Elected
Conservative (1) 447
Conservative (2) 435

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Feb, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 546 Elected
Liberal (1) 501 Elected
Liberal (2) 439

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 (1) 552 Elected
Conservative (2) 535 Elected
Liberal 535 Elected

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 Elected
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 1772 Elected
Conservative 1468 Elected
Liberal/Labour Alliance 942

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 1761 Elected
Conservative 1624 Elected
Liberal/Labour Alliance 1144

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) 2111 Elected
Liberal (2) 1919 Elected
Conservative 1511

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jul, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2353 Elected
Conservative 1416 Elected

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754450/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 19th June 2024