Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 127 Elected
Liberal (2) 127 Elected
Conservative 66 Elected

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Feb, 1834
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 153 Elected
Liberal (2) 73 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Apr, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 192 Elected
Liberal (2) 159 Elected
Conservative 121

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jul, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 142 Elected
Liberal 142 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Apr, 1840
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 158 Elected
Liberal 151 Elected

This was a by-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 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 280 Elected
Conservative 154 Elected
Liberal (2) 153

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Mar, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 263 Elected
Liberal (2) 154 Elected
Conservative 141

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Nov, 1855
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) 171 Elected
Liberal (2) 150 Elected
Liberal (3) 118
Conservative 57

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) 180 Elected
Liberal (2) 152 Elected
Conservative 135

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Dec, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 171 Elected
Conservative 5 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Jan, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 165 Elected
Conservative 157 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 210 Elected
Liberal (2) 204 Elected
Conservative (1) 162
Conservative (2) 147

More information about the 1865 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, Totnes PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743816/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 20th May 2024