Political Parties


Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 6832 Elected
Conservative (2) 6681 Elected
Liberal 5296

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 26th Mar, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 8th Apr, 1878
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) 8172 Elected
Conservative (2) 7505 Elected
Liberal 6500

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 2nd 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, North Lancashire North Lancashire PDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12751692/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 17th May 2024