Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1445

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 17th Apr, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 633
Conservative 381

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 1022

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

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

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 1939

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

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

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 21032

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Aug, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10393

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 19275
Conservative 573

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 15918
Conservative 4993

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 15448
Left 6279
Conservative 5149

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 23343

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Feb, 1888
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12073

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Sep, 1889
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 21741
Conservative 5659
Labour 354

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Sep, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 20584
Conservative 4318
Left 1313

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 20579
Conservative 5181

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 19263
Labour 6833
Conservative 3183

More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th May, 1908
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 11449
Left 4014
Other 655

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 15086
Labour 10365
Conservative 4552
Other 1512

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 14925
Labour 8957
Conservative 4914
Other 1825

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

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Jul, 1917
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 7302
Other 2036

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32591
Liberal 25788
Other 10423

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Right 42710
Other 32578
Labour 30292
Liberal 6681
Left 5906

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Other 25753
Labour 23345
Liberal 23031
Conservative 20253
Left 10380

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32846
Other 29193
Conservative 28118
Liberal 25566
Left 8340

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Dec, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22973
Liberal 10234

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Other 50073
Labour 47602
Liberal 33890
Conservative 33868
Left 6160

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 52048
Conservative 48556
Labour 32573
Other 32229
Left 10264

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 88204
Conservative 50542
Liberal 49632

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 97197
Liberal 33230
Conservative 32309
Nationalist 7776

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, Dundee BurCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743488/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 25th April 2024