Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 712 Elected
Conservative 112

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 483 Elected
Conservative 337

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 628 Elected
Liberal 560

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -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 476 Elected
Conservative 373

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th May, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 565 Elected
Conservative 519

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 681 Elected
Liberal 593

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 730 Elected
Conservative 610

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 756 Elected
Conservative 694

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 786 Elected
Conservative 710

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1353 Elected
Conservative 1118

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jun, 1870
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1317 Elected
Liberal 1282

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1614 Elected
Liberal 1605

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
Liberal 1986 Elected
Conservative 1973

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 5495 Elected
Liberal 5059

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 5271 Elected
Liberal 4013

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Aug, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5699 Elected
Liberal 5238

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
Conservative 5809 Elected
Liberal 5363

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd May, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6432 Elected
Liberal 5370

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Apr, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7453 Elected
Conservative 5892

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 7414 Elected
Liberal 7123

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 7192 Elected
Liberal 6969

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16274 Elected
Liberal 11235

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12202 Elected
Conservative 10620
Independent Conservative 7061
Labour 3756

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16249 Elected
Conservative 16159
Labour 2475

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19346 Elected
Liberal 13944
Labour 3620

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21949 Elected
Liberal 17383
Labour 6256

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32728 Elected
Labour 9639

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26748 Elected
Labour 15586

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22036 Elected
Labour 19252
Liberal 5967

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32984 Elected
Labour 21496

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 33501 Elected
Labour 20712

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31335 Elected
Labour 18698

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31228 Elected
Labour 18396

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27497 Elected
Labour 16244
Liberal 7666

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25862 Elected
Labour 15411
Liberal 11915

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 30437 Elected
Labour 13111
Liberal 12883
Vectis (Isle of Wight) Nationalist Party 1607

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 34808 Elected
Conservative 27042
Labour 7495

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 29697 Elected
Conservative 27657
Labour 8562

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 35889 Elected
Conservative 35537
Labour 3014

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 38407 Elected
Conservative 34904
Labour 1828
Independent 208

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 40175 Elected
Liberal 33733
Labour 4626

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38163 Elected
Liberal Democrat 36336
Labour 4784
Natural Law 350

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 31274 Elected
Conservative 24868
Labour 9646
Referendum Party 4734
UK Independence Party 1072
Independent 848
Green 544
Natural Law 87
Rainbow Dream Ticket 86

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25223 Elected
Liberal Democrat 22397
Labour 9676
UK Independence Party 2106
Independent 1423
Green 1279
Isle of Wight Party 1164
Socialist Labour Party 214

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32717 Elected
Liberal Democrat 19739
Labour 11484
UK Independence Party 2352
Independent 551

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 32810 Elected
Liberal Democrat 22283
Labour 8169
UK Independence Party 2435
British National Party 1457
English Democrats 1233
Green 931
Middle England Party 616
Independent (1) 175
Independent (2) 89
Independent (3) 66

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28591 Elected
UK Independence Party 14888
Green 9404
Labour 8984
Liberal Democrat 5235
Independent 3198

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 38190 Elected
Labour 17121
Green 12915
Liberal Democrat 2740
UK Independence Party 1921
Independent 1592

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 41815 Elected
Labour 18078
Green 11338
Independent Network 1542
Independent (1) 874
Independent (2) 795

More information about the 2019 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, the Isle of Wight PCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746106/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 30th May 2024