Groupings of Political Parties
| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 765 | |
| 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 | 599 | |
| Liberal | 284 | |
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 | 580 | |
| Liberal | 347 | |
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 | |
| Conservative | 205 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 539 | |
| Liberal | 408 | |
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 | |
| Liberal | 149 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 651 | |
| Conservative | 276 | |
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 | |
| Conservative | 147 | |
This was a by-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.