Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 837 Elected
Liberal (2) 828 Elected
Conservative 750

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) 772 Elected
Conservative (2) 768 Elected
Liberal (1) 680
Liberal (2) 675

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
Liberal (1) 790 Elected
Liberal (2) 779 Elected
Conservative (1) 699
Conservative (2) 685

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Aug, 1838
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 735 Elected
Conservative 702 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 945 Elected
Liberal (2) 943 Elected
Conservative (1) 501
Conservative (2) 494

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) 834 Elected
Conservative (2) 813 Elected
Liberal (1) 729
Liberal (2) 698

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jul, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 416 Elected
Liberal (1) 384 Elected
Liberal (2) 300

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 611 Elected
Liberal (1) 547 Elected
Liberal (2) 521
Liberal (3) 486

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) 609 Elected
Liberal (2) 590 Elected
Conservative (1) 521
Conservative (2) 451

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Aug, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 699 Elected
Conservative (2) 659 Elected
Liberal (1) 568
Liberal (2) 536

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
Conservative (1) 828 Elected
Conservative (2) 784 Elected
Liberal (1) 634
Liberal (2) 589

More information about the 1865 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, Great Yarmouth PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754632/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024