Political Parties


Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 7729 Elected
Conservative (2) 7676 Elected
Liberal (1) 7415
Liberal (2) 6939

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) -1 Elected
Conservative (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 19th Mar, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Nov, 1875
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 11420 Elected
Conservative (2) 10905 Elected
Liberal (1) 9666
Liberal (2) 9207

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

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

This was a by-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 West Lancashire PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744468/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 08th May 2024