Political Parties


Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6060 Elected
Conservative 4228

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 Unionist 5399 Elected
Liberal 3949

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jan, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6066 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4841

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6058 Elected
Conservative 4334

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
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Feb, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5936 Elected
Conservative 4564

This was a by-election.

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

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Mar, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6881 Elected
Conservative 4662

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
Liberal 7185 Elected
Conservative 4695
Independent Labour 639

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 6619 Elected
Conservative 5206

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

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Feb, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6019 Elected
Independent Labour 1804

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, North East Lancashire Rossendale PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12741029/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th April 2024