Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 650 Elected
Liberal (2) 471 Elected
Liberal (3) 402

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 611 Elected
Liberal (1) 589 Elected
Liberal (2) 392

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) 635 Elected
Liberal (2) 621 Elected
Conservative (1) 443
Conservative (2) 383

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 612 Elected
Liberal (1) 540 Elected
Liberal (2) 536

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Sep, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 526 Elected
Conservative 522 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 937 Elected
Liberal (2) 926 Elected
Conservative (1) 860
Conservative (2) 812

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Oct, 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) 1266 Elected
Conservative 1159 Elected
Liberal (2) 1153

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 (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) 2076 Elected
Liberal (2) 1727 Elected
Conservative 1229

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Feb, 1861
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Oct, 1867
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2210 Elected
Liberal (2) 1807 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 9646 Elected
Liberal (2) 9347 Elected
Liberal (3) 8768

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Mar, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 9243 Elected
Liberal (2) 7806 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 11945 Elected
Conservative 10223 Elected
Liberal (2) 8398
Liberal/Labour Alliance 8115

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 (1) 14245 Elected
Liberal (2) 12922 Elected
Conservative 9018

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 Elected

This was a by-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, Bradford PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753548/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th May 2024