Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3978
Liberal 3574

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 3770
Liberal 3174

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 3728
Liberal 3674

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
Liberal -1

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 4020
Conservative 1727

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 4335
Conservative 3057

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
Liberal 1629

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4485
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 4288
Conservative 3866

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
Conservative 1600

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Mar, 1860
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4128
Conservative 3267

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3683
Conservative 2829

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 8873
Conservative 4521

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
Conservative 3874

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11914
Conservative 11113

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
Conservative 5079

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 13061
Conservative 10274

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 12917
Conservative 7279

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12414
Conservative 11720

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 14218
Conservative 7718

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 16200
Liberal 14540

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

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
Conservative 6756
Labour 2440

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 11059
Liberal 10972
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
Conservative 16391
Liberal 11257
Labour 11119

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
Labour 10003
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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26642
Liberal 25555
Left 6856

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 62318
Labour 30099

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 39381
Liberal 29402
Conservative 27462

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 46739
Right 28842
Conservative 28529

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 64730
Liberal 33974
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
Right 40925
Conservative 38883
Labour 28295
Left 26537

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 46725
Right 36039
Conservative 34182
Left 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 62782
Right 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 two 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 yo...


ur 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 for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Norwich PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744171/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 26th April 2024