Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 873 Elected
Liberal (2) 722 Elected
Liberal (3) 613
Liberal (4) 391
Conservative 32

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) 961 Elected
Liberal (2) 523 Elected
Conservative 483
Liberal (3) 467

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) 1083 Elected
Conservative 819 Elected
Liberal (2) 801
Liberal (3) 183

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) 1443 Elected
Liberal (2) 1235 Elected
Conservative 872
Liberal (3) 19

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 1842
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1277 Elected
Liberal (1) 640 Elected
Liberal (2) 16

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1571 Elected
Conservative 1239 Elected
Liberal (2) 886

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) 1924 Elected
Conservative 1431 Elected
Liberal (2) 1173
Liberal (3) 119

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 2278 Elected
Liberal (2) 1900 Elected
Conservative 1080

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) 2322 Elected
Liberal (2) 2106 Elected
Conservative 1327

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Jul, 1860
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1588 Elected
Conservative 1242 Elected
Liberal (2) 548

This was a by-election.

Election of 16th Feb, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1663 Elected
Liberal (1) 1468 Elected
Liberal (2) 775
Liberal (3) 246
Independent 82

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 3065 Elected
Liberal (2) 2665 Elected
Conservative 2134

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 (1) 3342 Elected
Liberal (2) 3081 Elected
Conservative (1) 2917
Conservative (2) 1232
Liberal (3) 432

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) 4393 Elected
Conservative (2) 3995 Elected
Liberal (1) 3351
Liberal (2) 3130

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) 4913 Elected
Liberal (2) 4904 Elected
Conservative (1) 4739
Conservative (2) 4664

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd Mar, 1884
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5478 Elected
Liberal 4021 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 10th Jul, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 7047 Elected
Conservative (2) 7019 Elected
Liberal (1) 4899
Liberal (2) 4865

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 (1) 5963 Elected
Conservative (2) 5875 Elected
Liberal 2633

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Aug, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Nov, 1886
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th Oct, 1889
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7132 Elected
Liberal 4625 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 7807 Elected
Conservative (2) 7134 Elected
Liberal 5448

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1893
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 7878 Elected
Conservative (2) 7490 Elected
Liberal 5082

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) 7858 Elected
Conservative (2) 6626 Elected
Independent 4693

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Apr, 1905
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 8209 Elected
Conservative 7392 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 9062 Elected
Liberal (2) 8919 Elected
Conservative (1) 8188
Conservative (2) 8176

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 (1) 11625 Elected
Conservative (2) 11567 Elected
Liberal (1) 7506
Liberal (2) 7472

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
Conservative (1) 10780 Elected
Conservative (2) 10757 Elected
Liberal (1) 6723
Liberal (2) 6699

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

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Jun, 1911
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun, 1914
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative (1) 32958 Elected
Coalition Conservative (2) 32561 Elected
Labour (1) 8971
Labour (2) 8514

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 28549 Elected
Conservative (2) 26844 Elected
Liberal 22059
Independent Conservative 11913

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 30137 Elected
Conservative (2) 29759 Elected
Liberal (1) 17462
Liberal (2) 16567
Labour (2) 9040
Labour (1) 6545

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 39387 Elected
Conservative (2) 39253 Elected
Labour 14072

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 46515 Elected
Conservative (2) 46287 Elected
Labour (1) 19494
Labour (2) 18770
Liberal (1) 14770
Liberal (2) 13816

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 75205 Elected
Conservative (2) 74993 Elected
Labour 12952
Labour Party/Co-operative Party 12878

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 60913 Elected
Conservative (2) 60724 Elected
Labour (1) 19287
Labour (2) 18743

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th May, 1940
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 15th Nov, 1941
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Feb, 1944
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14594 Elected
National Independent 12635 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 49339 Elected
Conservative (2) 49026 Elected
Labour (1) 31074
Labour (2) 30844

More information about the 1945 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.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Brighton PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 29th April 2024