Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 392 Elected
Liberal (2) 373 Elected
Conservative 345

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 (1) 362 Elected
Liberal 284 Elected
Conservative (2) 237

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) 361 Elected
Liberal 347 Elected
Conservative (2) 219

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Feb, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 252 Elected
Conservative 205 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 288 Elected
Liberal (1) 258 Elected
Conservative (2) 251
Liberal (2) 150

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 264 Elected
Liberal 149 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 295 Elected
Conservative 276 Elected
Liberal (2) 230
Liberal (3) 126

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Dec, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 276 Elected
Conservative 147 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, St Albans PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744237/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th May 2024