Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 684 Elected
Liberal (2) 658 Elected
Conservative 549

More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 566 Elected
Liberal 457 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 708 Elected
Conservative (1) 621 Elected
Liberal (2) 598
Conservative (2) 402

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
Conservative 727 Elected
Liberal (1) 710 Elected
Liberal (2) 630

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 21st May, 1838
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 685 Elected
Liberal 579 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 753 Elected
Liberal (2) 732 Elected
Conservative (1) 646
Conservative (2) 510

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jul, 1846
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected
Liberal -1 Elected

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) 831 Elected
Liberal (2) 786 Elected
Conservative 760

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jan, 1853
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 761 Elected
Conservative 670 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Mar, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 742 Elected
Liberal (1) 717 Elected
Liberal (2) 710

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) 807 Elected
Liberal (2) 779 Elected
Conservative 595

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1862
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 761 Elected
Liberal (2) 716 Elected
Conservative 687

This was a by-election.

Election of 25th May, 1864
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 854 Elected
Liberal (2) 774 Elected
Conservative 726

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) 1933 Elected
Liberal (2) 1922 Elected
Conservative (1) 1520
Conservative (2) 1504

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th May, 1873
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1850 Elected
Liberal 1767 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 2132 Elected
Liberal (1) 2070 Elected
Liberal (2) 1990
Conservative (2) 1865

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) 2797 Elected
Liberal (2) 2680 Elected
Conservative (1) 2304
Conservative (2) 1898

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2222 Elected
Conservative 1726

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
Liberal 1908 Elected
Conservative 1713

More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2885 Elected
Liberal Unionist 2800

More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal Unionist 3264 Elected
Liberal 2791

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
Liberal 3267 Elected
Liberal Unionist 3044

More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 3921 Elected
Conservative 3619

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 4109 Elected
Liberal 3983

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 3903 Elected
Liberal 3899

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

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8470 Elected
Liberal 5246
Labour 2860

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7922 Elected
Labour 7871
Liberal 6050

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 8630 Elected
Labour 8127
Liberal 6011

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10525 Elected
Labour 8005
Liberal 3566

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11041 Elected
Labour 10548
Liberal 6589

More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 19201 Elected
Labour 9223

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 15682 Elected
Labour 11803

More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 14010 Elected
Conservative 10466
Liberal 5338

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20202 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 15708
Liberal 6444

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21097 Elected
National Liberal & Conservative 18836
Liberal 3292

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21354 Elected
Conservative 20606

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Sep, 1957
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 18895 Elected
Conservative 10521
Liberal 7393

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19450 Elected
Conservative 16679
Liberal 7336

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19631 Elected
Conservative 15514
Liberal 7581
Independent 380

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20951 Elected
Conservative 15678
Liberal 6540

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21838 Elected
Labour 20777
Liberal 3935

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23052 Elected
Labour 18215
Liberal 10155
Powell Conservative 366

More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 22664 Elected
Labour 19136
Liberal 7357

More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 25163 Elected
Labour 18747
Liberal 7213
National Front 527

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27235 Elected
Labour 14698
Social Democratic Party 13499
Ecology Party 479
British National Party 260

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29826 Elected
Labour 17791
Liberal 12417

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29870 Elected
Labour 23801
Liberal Democrat 10978

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28943 Elected
Conservative 20684
Liberal Democrat 6069
Referendum Party 1482
UK Independence Party 455
Natural Law 281

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22067 Elected
Conservative 18187
Liberal Democrat 6875
UK Independence Party 822
Socialist Alliance 272

More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23138 Elected
Conservative 18867
Liberal Democrat 7825
UK Independence Party 1116
Green 857

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 20267 Elected
Labour 17847
Liberal Democrat 9767
UK Independence Party 1808
English Democrats 564
Green 511

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 23837 Elected
Labour 16586
UK Independence Party 7497
Liberal Democrat 2828
Green 1485
Monster Raving Loony Party 227
Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition 115

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 27208 Elected
Labour 21688
Liberal Democrat 2716
UK Independence Party 1495
Green 754
Monster Raving Loony Party 210

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 29159 Elected
Labour 18882
Liberal Democrat 4338
Green 1385

More information about the 2019 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, Gloucester PBCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749831/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 25th April 2024