Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3190
Conservative 1266

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 2959
Liberal 2666

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 3632
Conservative 2907

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Mar, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1666
Conservative 1371

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -2

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 3292
Conservative 1421

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Sep, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -2

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5576

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1856
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4661

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 4477
Conservative 1476

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Feb, 1861
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4596
Liberal 2010

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Feb, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4494
Conservative 1945

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 16518

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
Liberal 14691
Conservative 5615

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 21113
Conservative 8006

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1884
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 22601
Conservative 6751

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
Liberal 25281

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

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Aug, 1894
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 16648
Conservative 6967
Left 4402

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17545
Conservative 7654
Left 4009

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 18913
Conservative 9066
Labour 4164

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 14745
Labour 14685
Conservative 7504

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Mar, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10766
Conservative 7206

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 16740
Liberal 14643
Labour 14337

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
Liberal 13238
Labour 12998
Conservative 7547

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

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Jun, 1913
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10863
Conservative 9279
Left 2580

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.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749089/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2024