Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

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
Liberal (1) 411 Elected
Liberal (2) 25

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 632 Elected
Conservative 298

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 (1) 764 Elected
Conservative 655
Liberal (2) 4

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) 1015 Elected
Liberal 907
Conservative (2) 4

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Sep, 1848
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 986 Elected
Conservative 835

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 1024 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun, 1850
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 848 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 999 Elected
Conservative 869

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Jul, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 760 Elected
Conservative 178

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th May, 1856
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 841 Elected
Conservative 655

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

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 922 Elected
Conservative 910

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 1157 Elected
Liberal 1129

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 1646 Elected
Conservative 1458

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
Conservative 2121 Elected
Liberal 1842

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 2318 Elected
Conservative 2297

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 3504 Elected
Liberal 2700

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 3323 Elected
Liberal 2260

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 3241 Elected
Liberal 2610

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 3409 Elected
Liberal 2940
Independent 23

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 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3910 Elected
Conservative 3509

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 3988 Elected
Liberal 3850

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 3846 Elected
Conservative 3753

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

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Apr, 1911
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 4043 Elected
Liberal 4039

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 9602 Elected
Liberal 6317

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11383 Elected
Liberal 8237

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10514 Elected
Liberal 9170

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11909 Elected
Liberal 9146

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Sep, 1928
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10438 Elected
Liberal 6678
Labour 3962

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15279 Elected
Liberal 8533
Labour 4920

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22524 Elected
Labour 5263

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18574 Elected
Labour 7784

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 22nd Jun, 1937
Party Votes Outcome
Independent Conservative 10533 Elected
Conservative 10194
Labour 5570

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
National Independent 16081 Elected
Labour 11095
Conservative 9972

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 18009 Elected
Labour 13027
Independent 10449

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23674 Elected
Labour 17777

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24259 Elected
Labour 16638

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21997 Elected
Labour 12725
Liberal 8428

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19797 Elected
Labour 14557
Liberal 7568

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22683 Elected
Labour 19768

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22823 Elected
Labour 14213
Liberal 8431

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21723 Elected
Liberal 15811
Labour 12971

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21691 Elected
Liberal 13237
Labour 12134

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25618 Elected
Liberal 15080
Labour 9185
National Front 342

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29187 Elected
Liberal 23669
Labour 4390
Ecology Party 479

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 31371 Elected
Liberal 26475
Labour 4701

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 30351 Elected
Conservative 28683
Labour 4077
Independent (1) 665
Natural Law 169
Independent (2) 162

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 24877 Elected
Conservative 18232
Labour 5100
Referendum Party 1065
Monster Raving Loony Party 375
UK Independence Party 302
People's Labour Party 245
Natural Law 107

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 19970 Elected
Conservative 14715
Labour 5041
Green 735
Monster Raving Loony Party 513
UK Independence Party 482
ProLife Alliance 272
Independent 107

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 18122 Elected
Conservative 15819
Labour 4988
Independent 2651
Green 908
UK Independence Party 608
Monster Raving Loony Party 525

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Democrat 26659 Elected
Conservative 21739
Labour 2703
UK Independence Party 1192
Monster Raving Loony Party 493

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 24790 Elected
Liberal Democrat 18274
Labour 3902
UK Independence Party 3808
Green 2689
Independent 272

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 26615 Elected
Liberal Democrat 24046
Labour 5408
Green 943

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 28486 Elected
Liberal Democrat 27505
Labour 2921
Monster Raving Loony Party 445

More information about the 2019 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, Cheltenham PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745333/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 26th April 2024