Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -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) 234 Elected
Liberal (2) 208 Elected
Conservative (1) 190
Conservative (2) 162

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th May, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 279 Elected
Liberal 221 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 279 Elected
Conservative (2) 277 Elected
Liberal (1) 5
Liberal (2) 2

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
Conservative (1) 280 Elected
Conservative (2) 276 Elected
Liberal (1) 247
Liberal (2) 242

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) 395 Elected
Conservative 265 Elected
Liberal (2) 196

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) 271 Elected
Conservative 244 Elected
Liberal (2) 177
Liberal (3) 149
Liberal (4) 101

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 (1) 330 Elected
Liberal (2) 301 Elected
Conservative 203

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) 290 Elected
Liberal (2) 279 Elected
Conservative (1) 230
Conservative (2) 208

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 328 Elected
Liberal (1) 257 Elected
Liberal (2) 237

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 301 Elected
Liberal 293 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 12th Jul, 1866
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 312 Elected
Conservative 275 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 731 Elected
Liberal (2) 725 Elected
Conservative (1) 681
Conservative (2) 650

More information about the 1868 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, Bridgwater PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744158/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th April 2024