Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 4278 Elected
Conservative 2842 Elected
Liberal (2) 2311
Liberal (3) 2151
Liberal (4) 787

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Jul, 1834
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2514 Elected
Conservative 1915 Elected
Liberal (2) 695
Liberal (3) 379

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 4497 Elected
Liberal (2) 3359 Elected
Conservative 2332
Liberal (3) 1817

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) 4957 Elected
Liberal (2) 4895 Elected
Conservative 2470

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 (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -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 (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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 (1) 7504 Elected
Liberal (2) 6678 Elected
Liberal (3) 2010

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) 6922 Elected
Liberal (2) 4110 Elected
Liberal (3) 3954
Liberal (4) 2378

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) 8538 Elected
Liberal (2) 8174 Elected
Liberal (3) 4556

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Dec, 1861
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 4884 Elected
Liberal (2) 4848 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 8480 Elected
Liberal (2) 7959 Elected
Liberal (3) 5100
Conservative 866
Liberal (4) 316

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 (1) 13159 Elected
Liberal (2) 12503 Elected
Conservative 6137
Liberal (3) 1238

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 (1) 10099 Elected
Liberal (2) 9713 Elected
Conservative 7737
Liberal/Labour Alliance 3205

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) 16128 Elected
Liberal (2) 15247 Elected
Conservative 12800

More information about the 1880 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, Finsbury PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755144/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 06th June 2024