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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Conservative | 441 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 384 | |
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) | 468 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 457 | Elected |
| Conservative | 448 | |
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 (1) | 570 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 564 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 410 | |
| Liberal (2) | 397 | |
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) | 614 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 596 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 521 | |
| Conservative (2) | 376 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Aug, 1849 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 507 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 364 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 107 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 753 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 631 | Elected |
| Conservative | 518 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Jun, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 761 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 666 | Elected |
| Conservative | 544 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Jun, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jan, 1860 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 661 | Elected |
| Conservative | 551 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 21st Nov, 1860 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 586 | Elected |
| Conservative | 435 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Oct, 1863 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 727 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 714 | Elected |
| Conservative | 444 | |
More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 1866 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1629 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1618 | Elected |
| Conservative | 979 | |
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 (1) | 1794 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1791 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 1652 | |
| Conservative (2) | 1631 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th May, 1878 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2223 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1565 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 2513 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 2286 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2067 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Dec, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 3518 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3389 | |
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 | 3378 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3262 | |
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 | 3990 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3700 | |
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 |
| Conservative | 4278 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3927 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Jul, 1898 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4600 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3906 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | 270 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4592 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4353 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Aug, 1904 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4770 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4540 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5407 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4710 | |
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 | 5264 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 5057 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Mar, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5094 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4995 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Nov, 1913 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5144 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4013 | |
| British Socialist Party | 1063 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative | 15204 | Elected |
| Labour | 8410 | |
| Liberal | 3143 | |
| National Socialist Party | 1462 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16082 | Elected |
| Labour | 14322 | |
| Liberal | 7212 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16657 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15115 | |
| Liberal | 5406 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 21338 | Elected |
| Labour | 18337 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23281 | Elected |
| Conservative | 22429 | |
| Liberal | 7733 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34439 | Elected |
| Labour | 19277 | |
| New Party | 861 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27540 | Elected |
| Labour | 22949 | |
| Liberal | 2685 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 30465 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 24075 | |
| Liberal | 7834 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Age and sex structure data in five-year bands to age 95, as published for 20th century Local Government Districts
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Reading Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743646/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 31st May 2026