Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -2

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 -2

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Apr, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 452
Conservative 282

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 883
Conservative 409

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
Liberal 839
Conservative 599

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Feb, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 394
Conservative 337

This was a by-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 931
Conservative 376

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 788
Conservative 361

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th May, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 372
Conservative 367

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Feb, 1856
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 808
Conservative 401

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
Conservative 740
Liberal 643

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Aug, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 382
Liberal 337

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 948
Conservative 552

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 1995
Conservative 988

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Oct, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 899
Conservative 812

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -2

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 2055
Liberal 1968

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Feb, 1882
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1144
Liberal 917

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1361
Liberal 978

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

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Apr, 1887
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1426
Liberal 890

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1402
Liberal 921

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 -1

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
Conservative 1387
Liberal 1024

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
Conservative 1842
Liberal 1503

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1909
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1976
Labour 1085

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1906
Liberal 1538

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 1806
Liberal 1573

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

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Nov, 1912
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1882
Liberal 1597

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, Taunton PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12752635/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 20th May 2024