Groupings of Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2599
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 1951
Conservative 483

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 2067
Conservative 819

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 2697
Conservative 872

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
Liberal 656

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2457
Conservative 1239

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 3216
Conservative 1431

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 4178
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 4428
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 2136
Conservative 1242

This was a by-election.

Election of 16th Feb, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2489
Conservative 1663
Other 82

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 5730
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 6855
Conservative 4149

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 8388
Liberal 6481

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 9817
Conservative 9403

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
Liberal 4021

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14066
Liberal 9764

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 11838
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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14941
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

This was a by-election.

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15368
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 14484
Other 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
Conservative 7392

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 17981
Conservative 16364

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 23192
Liberal 14978

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 21537
Liberal 13422

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 65519
Labour 17485

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 55393
Liberal 22059
Right 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 59896
Liberal 34029
Labour 15585

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 78640
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 92802
Labour 38264
Liberal 28586

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 150198
Labour 25830

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 121637
Labour 38030

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

This was a by-election.

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

This was a by-election.

Election of 3rd Feb, 1944
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 14594
Other 12635

This was a by-election.

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 98365
Labour 61918

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, Brighton PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743014/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 29th April 2024