Political Parties


Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 826 Elected
Liberal (2) 707 Elected
Liberal (3) 258

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) 643 Elected
Liberal (2) 571 Elected
Conservative 557
Liberal (3) 335

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 (1) 635 Elected
Liberal (2) 630 Elected
Conservative (1) 518
Conservative (2) 438

More information about the 1837 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 26th Feb, 1838
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 30th Aug, 1839
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 29th Jun 1841 to 22nd Jul, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 6th Feb, 1849
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 14th Mar, 1855
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 1478 Elected
Liberal (2) 473 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 1522 Elected
Liberal (1) 1496 Elected
Liberal (2) 1476

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
Conservative (1) 1640 Elected
Liberal (1) 1574 Elected
Conservative (2) 1447
Liberal (2) 1386

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
Liberal (1) 2164 Elected
Liberal (2) 2103 Elected
Conservative (1) 1677
Conservative (2) 1559

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
Conservative 5306 Elected
Liberal (1) 3785 Elected
Liberal (2) 3687

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) 5927 Elected
Conservative (2) 5879 Elected
Liberal (1) 4644
Liberal (2) 4588

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 16th Mar, 1874
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) 6683 Elected
Conservative (2) 6593 Elected
Liberal (1) 6040
Liberal (2) 6023

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 (Liberal Unionist) 8367 Elected
Liberal 8214 Elected
Conservative (1) 7650
Conservative (2) 7595

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 Unionist 8482 Elected
Conservative 8325 Elected
Liberal (1) 7196
Liberal (2) 7069

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 (1) 9643 Elected
Liberal (2) 9448 Elected
Conservative 9135
Liberal Unionist 9000

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 (1) 10451 Elected
Liberal (2) 10255 Elected
Conservative 9717
Liberal Unionist 9567

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 3rd May, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 10287 Elected
Conservative 9708 Elected

This was a by-election.

Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 10818 Elected
Conservative (2) 10383 Elected
Liberal (1) 10214
Liberal (2) 10031

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 (1) 10500 Elected
Liberal (2) 10236 Elected
Labour 8172
Conservative (1) 7970
Conservative (2) 7752
Independent 1859

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 16777 Elected
Liberal Unionist 15592 Elected
Liberal (1) 12397
Liberal (2) 9965
Labour 3529

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 15125 Elected
Liberal Unionist 14856 Elected
Liberal (1) 13146
Liberal (2) 13013

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

This was a General Election

Election of 15th Jan, 1916
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, Portsmouth PBCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743221/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th May 2024