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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1239 | |
| Conservative | 853 | |
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 |
| Conservative | 1000 | |
| Liberal | 794 | |
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 | 1130 | |
| Liberal | 1073 | |
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 | 1293 | |
| Liberal | 1110 | |
More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Aug, 1842 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1367 | |
| Liberal | 1067 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -2 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 17th Jul, 1850 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 2nd Apr, 1851 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2079 | |
| Conservative | 1564 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jan, 1853 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1098 | |
| Conservative | 596 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Apr, 1854 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Feb, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1720 | |
| Conservative | 962 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -2 | |
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 | 3547 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1862 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1715 | |
| Liberal | 1647 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3362 | |
| Conservative | 2987 | |
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 | 4571 | |
| Liberal | 4108 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 5069 | |
| Conservative | 4637 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 17th Jun, 1878 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2552 | |
| Liberal | 2304 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6074 | |
| Conservative | 5874 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Apr, 1883 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 10902 | |
| Liberal | 9101 | |
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 |
| Conservative | 9749 | |
| Liberal | 8413 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd May, 1888 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5151 | |
| Conservative | 4266 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 10183 | |
| Liberal | 10102 | |
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 | 14749 | |
| Conservative | 5924 | |
| Left | 867 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 22nd Feb, 1896 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5555 | |
| Conservative | 5522 | |
| Left | 274 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 16480 | |
| Conservative | 6888 | |
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 | 13287 | |
| Conservative | 11289 | |
| Left | 2146 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 17708 | |
| Conservative | 15715 | |
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 |
| Liberal | 16945 | |
| Conservative | 15086 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1917 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 43727 | |
| Conservative | 15548 | |
| Labour | 14604 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 42405 | |
| Right | 20894 | |
| Labour | 14868 | |
| Other | 14193 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 40702 | |
| Labour | 33887 | |
| Liberal | 27381 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 60904 | |
| Labour | 43951 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 63501 | |
| Conservative | 54699 | |
| Liberal | 25802 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | 54699 | |
| Right | 54269 | |
| Labour | 52486 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 60779 | |
| Other | 44896 | |
| Right | 43697 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Feb, 1939 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Other | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Nov, 1940 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Right | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 74610 | |
| Other | 24367 | |
| Right | 22650 | |
| Liberal | 8878 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Southampton Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743245/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 29th July 2026