Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2644

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 2070
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 -2

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1898
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

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2158
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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 2nd Apr, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2125
Conservative 2088

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
Conservative 689

This was a by-election.

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

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 2414
Conservative 2114

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2597
Liberal 2522

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd May, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2544
Conservative 2431

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3060
Conservative 2735

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 3008
Liberal 2577

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 3499
Liberal 2985

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 5912
Liberal 5288

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 5897
Liberal 3881

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 6679
Conservative 5984

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 7081
Conservative 6566

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 7164
Conservative 6852

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
Liberal 3757

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13450
Conservative 10319

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 10944
Liberal 10286

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 10281
Liberal 9623

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

This was a General 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.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744432/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 27th May 2024