Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 299 Elected
Conservative 180 Elected
Liberal (2) 138

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 (1) 299 Elected
Conservative 214 Elected
Liberal (2) 131

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
Conservative (1) 252 Elected
Conservative (2) 188 Elected
Liberal 159

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) 242 Elected
Liberal (2) 221 Elected
Conservative (1) 177
Conservative (2) 161

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
Conservative (1) 336 Elected
Liberal 242 Elected
Conservative (2) 184

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) 370 Elected
Liberal (2) 251 Elected
Conservative 244

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) 349 Elected
Conservative 338 Elected
Liberal (2) 167

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Oct, 1858
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 268 Elected
Conservative 239 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 333 Elected
Conservative 318 Elected
Liberal (2) 228

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 316 Elected
Liberal 11 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Dec, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 339 Elected
Liberal 301 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 536 Elected
Conservative 515

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
Conservative 673 Elected
Liberal 430

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 705 Elected
Liberal 571

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743889/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 03rd May 2024