Political Parties


Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 8290 Elected
Conservative (2) 8012 Elected
Liberal (1) 7024
Liberal (2) 6953

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 (1) 9187 Elected
Conservative (2) 9015 Elected
Liberal (1) 7464
Liberal (2) 7453

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 (1) 11313 Elected
Liberal (2) 11291 Elected
Conservative (1) 10569
Conservative (2) 10419

More information about the 1880 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, South Lancashire South East Lancashire PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12751722/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024