Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1178 Elected
Liberal (2) 891 Elected
Liberal (3) 575

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) 1114 Elected
Liberal (2) 956 Elected
Conservative 764

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) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 20th Feb, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jan, 1840
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 974 Elected
Conservative 750 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 966 Elected
Liberal (2) 932 Elected
Conservative 780

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1136 Elected
Liberal (2) 1022 Elected
Conservative 842

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Apr, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Jul, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 2nd Apr, 1851
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) 1079 Elected
Conservative (1) 1056 Elected
Liberal (2) 1046
Conservative (2) 1032

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th May, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1091 Elected
Conservative 689 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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) 1216 Elected
Liberal (2) 1198 Elected
Conservative (1) 1075
Conservative (2) 1039

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 9th Aug, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1096 Elected
Conservative 1047 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Aug, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1189 Elected
Conservative 1114 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Feb, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1234 Elected
Liberal 1204 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 22nd Jun, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1264 Elected
Conservative 1208 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 1307 Elected
Conservative (2) 1290 Elected
Liberal (1) 1279
Liberal (2) 1243

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd May, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1275 Elected
Liberal (2) 1269 Elected
Conservative (1) 1216
Conservative (2) 1215

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1541 Elected
Liberal (2) 1519 Elected
Conservative (1) 1370
Conservative (2) 1365

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
Conservative (1) 1525 Elected
Conservative (2) 1483 Elected
Liberal (1) 1327
Liberal (2) 1250

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
Conservative (1) 1753 Elected
Conservative (2) 1746 Elected
Liberal (1) 1509
Liberal (2) 1476

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 2968 Elected
Conservative (2) 2944 Elected
Liberal (1) 2653
Liberal (2) 2635

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
Conservative (1) 2954 Elected
Conservative (2) 2943 Elected
Liberal (1) 1963
Liberal (2) 1918

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
Liberal (1) 3354 Elected
Liberal (2) 3325 Elected
Conservative (1) 3012
Conservative (2) 2972

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 (1) 3570 Elected
Liberal (2) 3511 Elected
Conservative (1) 3303
Conservative (2) 3263

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 (1) 3626 Elected
Liberal (2) 3538 Elected
Conservative (1) 3458
Conservative (2) 3394

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Oct, 1902
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3785 Elected
Liberal 3757 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 20th Jun, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6219 Elected
Conservative 5179 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6923 Elected
Liberal (2) 6527 Elected
Conservative (1) 5239
Conservative (2) 5080

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
Conservative (1) 5658 Elected
Conservative (2) 5286 Elected
Liberal (1) 5146
Liberal (2) 5140

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
Conservative (1) 5170 Elected
Conservative (2) 5111 Elected
Liberal (1) 4841
Liberal (2) 4782

More information about the 1910 Dec 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.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Devonport PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th June 2024