Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3220
Conservative 737

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Apr, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1591
Conservative 1208

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3466
Conservative 1566

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 3526
Conservative 2903

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 3699
Conservative 1290

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 4534
Conservative 1754

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Apr, 1851
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2773

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -2

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd Dec, 1854
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6253
Conservative 599

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 5516
Conservative 1928

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2263
Liberal 2129

This was a by-election.

Election of 21st Jun, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2395
Liberal 2142

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4890
Liberal 4601

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Jul, 1867
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2429
Conservative 2123

This was a by-election.

Election of 26th Mar, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2415
Conservative 2134

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7542
Liberal 7170

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
Liberal 7461
Conservative 7451

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
Liberal 8289
Conservative 7723

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Mar, 1881
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4011
Liberal 3568

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4577
Liberal 4328

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
Conservative 4201
Liberal 3796

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jul, 1887
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4229
Conservative 4213

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4754
Conservative 4611

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 4974
Liberal 4624

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 5257
Liberal 4188

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 6554
Conservative 5462

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 7369
Liberal 7153

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 7351
Conservative 6828

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 17380
Labour 10298
Liberal 4128
Other 3806
Left 3145

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20986
Labour 16289
Liberal 11985

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 16346
Conservative 15726
Liberal 15716

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22712
Labour 17888
Liberal 12953

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34255
Conservative 22536
Liberal 12516

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 44305
Labour 28311

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37313
Labour 34841

More information about the 1935 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, Coventry PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755971/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 28th April 2024