Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 285 Elected
Liberal (2) 255 Elected
Conservative 145

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
Conservative 176 Elected
Liberal (1) 161 Elected
Liberal (2) 122

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 (1) 225 Elected
Liberal 211 Elected
Conservative (2) 192

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) 296 Elected
Conservative (2) 253 Elected
Liberal 237

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 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Jul, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 314 Elected
Liberal 281 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 422 Elected
Liberal 387 Elected
Conservative (2) 313

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st 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
Conservative (1) 540 Elected
Conservative (2) 508 Elected
Liberal 275

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 373 Elected
Conservative 280 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 562 Elected
Liberal (2) 540 Elected
Liberal (3) 428
Conservative 66

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st Feb, 1860
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 472 Elected
Liberal (2) 340 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 932 Elected
Liberal (2) 674 Elected
Conservative 441

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) 1826 Elected
Liberal (2) 1678 Elected
Conservative 742

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Mar, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1280 Elected
Liberal (1) 1103 Elected
Liberal (2) 799
Liberal (3) 772

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) 2157 Elected
Liberal (2) 2065 Elected
Conservative (1) 1581
Conservative (2) 1562

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Jul, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1828 Elected
Conservative 1606 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Nov, 1884
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1895 Elected
Conservative 1606 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Nov, 1884
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1832 Elected
Conservative 1639 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2185 Elected
Liberal 2048

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 2122 Elected
Conservative 2020

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 2293 Elected
Liberal 2122

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 2415 Elected
Conservative 2391

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 2548 Elected
Conservative 2441

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 3128 Elected
Conservative 2619

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 3011 Elected
Conservative 2719

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 2763 Elected
Conservative 2711

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

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1915
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 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, Scarborough PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12798957/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024