Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 607 Elected
Conservative (2) 587 Elected
Conservative (3) 478

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 (1) 689 Elected
Conservative (2) 494 Elected
Conservative (3) 397

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) 669 Elected
Conservative (2) 635 Elected
Liberal 292

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 (1) 721 Elected
Liberal 565 Elected
Conservative (2) 417

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Jun, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 499 Elected
Conservative 479 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 571 Elected
Liberal (1) 565 Elected
Conservative (2) 522
Liberal (2) 101

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Dec, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 546 Elected
Liberal 367 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 622 Elected
Conservative 585 Elected
Liberal (2) 252

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
Conservative 654 Elected
Liberal (1) 413 Elected
Liberal (2) 113

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 -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) 520 Elected
Conservative 494 Elected
Liberal (2) 166

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
Conservative 1423 Elected
Liberal (1) 1081 Elected
Liberal (2) 744

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 (1) 1173 Elected
Liberal 1116 Elected
Conservative (2) 1037

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Aug, 1878
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1330 Elected
Conservative 990 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1484 Elected
Liberal (1) 1252 Elected
Liberal (2) 1175

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4031 Elected
Conservative 2848

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 2896 Elected
Liberal 2752

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4024 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2936

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 3510 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3399

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
Liberal Unionist 3750 Elected
Liberal 3568

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
Liberal 5155 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2948

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 5613 Elected
Liberal Unionist 4245

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 5281 Elected
Conservative 4087

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14503 Elected
National Liberal 9573

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 12881 Elected
Conservative 6746

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14226 Elected
Conservative 10425

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20931 Elected
Conservative 9011

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Mar, 1942
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25903 Elected
Conservative 8380
Liberal 4838

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30249 Elected
Conservative 22132

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30814 Elected
Conservative 22278

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28314 Elected
Conservative 21569

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29840 Elected
Conservative 23838

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30470 Elected
Conservative 22073

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31548 Elected
Conservative 19497

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Oct, 1969
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21786 Elected
Conservative 20744
Liberal 2999
Democratic Party 1699

This was a by-election.

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22329 Elected
Conservative 20223
Liberal 1954
Democratic Party 1194

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28603 Elected
Conservative 22955
Liberal 8861
United Kingdom 228

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28154 Elected
Conservative 20784
Liberal 7604
UK Front 256

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28649 Elected
Conservative 24421
Liberal 5878
British Empire Party 156

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21210 Elected
Conservative 18406
Liberal 10916

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Jul, 1986
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16819 Elected
Liberal 16020
Conservative 7863
Monster Raving Loony Party 277
Independent (1) 115
Independent (2) 83
Independent (3) 70

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21618 Elected
Liberal 16486
Conservative 14863
Independent Labour 397

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25652 Elected
Conservative 15813
Liberal Democrat 11727
Natural Law 314

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27743 Elected
Conservative 10537
Liberal Democrat 6858
Referendum Party 1510
Liberal 1399
Socialist Labour Party 1082

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20650 Elected
Conservative 10664
Liberal Democrat 5993
Independent 773
UK Independence Party 594

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18053 Elected
Conservative 9945
Liberal Democrat 7528
UK Independence Party 1436
British National Party 1390
Green 918
Veritas 518

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16393 Elected
Conservative 14841
Liberal Democrat 8466
UK Independence Party 3491

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16520 Elected
Conservative 15870
UK Independence Party 7252
Liberal Democrat 1826
Green 1246
Independent 283

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21124 Elected
Conservative 21094
Liberal Democrat 1624

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23485 Elected
Labour 16039
Liberal Democrat 2361
Brexit Party 1921
Green 933

More information about the 2019 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, Newcastle under Lyme PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743956/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 27th April 2024