Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 2016 Elected
Conservative (2) 1962 Elected
Liberal (1) 1809
Liberal (2) 1765

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) 1892 Elected
Conservative (2) 1878 Elected
Liberal (1) 1592
Liberal (2) 1582

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) 1865 Elected
Conservative (2) 1863 Elected
Liberal (1) 1843
Liberal (2) 1831

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 Elected
Liberal -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) 2448 Elected
Conservative 1727 Elected
Liberal (2) 1572

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) 2190 Elected
Liberal (2) 2145 Elected
Conservative (1) 1592
Conservative (2) 1465

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Dec, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1899 Elected
Liberal 1629 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2247 Elected
Liberal (2) 2238 Elected
Conservative 1636

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) 2154 Elected
Liberal (2) 2134 Elected
Conservative (1) 1966
Conservative (2) 1900

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Jun, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1922 Elected
Conservative (1) 1561 Elected
Conservative (2) 39

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Mar, 1860
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2083 Elected
Liberal (2) 2045 Elected
Conservative (1) 1636
Conservative (2) 1631

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1845 Elected
Liberal (2) 1838 Elected
Conservative (1) 1466
Conservative (2) 1363

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 4521 Elected
Liberal (1) 4509 Elected
Liberal (2) 4364

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul, 1870
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4236 Elected
Conservative 3874 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 22nd Feb, 1871
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4637 Elected
Conservative 3389 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6138 Elected
Conservative (1) 5823 Elected
Liberal (2) 5776
Conservative (2) 5290

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Mar, 1875
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5877 Elected
Conservative 5079 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6549 Elected
Liberal (2) 6512 Elected
Conservative (1) 5242
Conservative (2) 5032

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
Conservative 7279 Elected
Liberal (1) 6666 Elected
Liberal (2) 6251

More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Apr, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 6295 Elected
Conservative (1) 6156 Elected
Liberal (2) 6119
Conservative (2) 5564

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
Conservative 7718 Elected
Liberal (1) 7407 Elected
Liberal (2) 6811

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
Conservative (1) 8166 Elected
Conservative (2) 8034 Elected
Liberal (1) 7330
Liberal (2) 7210

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
Conservative -1 Elected

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan, 1904
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8576 Elected
Conservative 6756 Elected
Labour 2440

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11059 Elected
Liberal 10972 Elected
Conservative 7460

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 11257 Elected
Labour 11119 Elected
Conservative (1) 8410
Conservative (2) 7981

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 10149 Elected
Labour 10003 Elected
Conservative 7758

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

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Feb, 1915
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Aug, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Labour 26642 Elected
Liberal (Coalition Liberal) 25555 Elected
Independent Labour 6856

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Independent (Conservative) 31167 Elected
National Liberal 31151 Elected
Labour (1) 15609
Labour (2) 14490

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 20077 Elected
Labour (2) 19304 Elected
Liberal (1) 16222
Conservative (1) 14749
Liberal (2) 13180
Conservative (2) 12713

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (Independent) (Conservative) 28842 Elected
Conservative 28529 Elected
Labour (1) 23808
Labour (2) 22931

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (National Liberal) 33974 Elected
Labour (1) 33690 Elected
Labour (2) 31040
Conservative 30793

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 40925 Elected
Conservative 38883 Elected
Labour 28295
Independent Labour Party 26537

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
National Liberal 36039 Elected
Conservative 34182 Elected
Labour (1) 24670
Labour (2) 22055
Independent Labour Party 6737

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 31553 Elected
Labour (2) 31229 Elected
National Liberal 25945
Conservative 24225

More information about the 1945 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.

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Date accessed: 26th April 2024