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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
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 | 1027 | |
| Conservative | 441 | |
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 | 925 | |
| 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 | 1134 | |
| Liberal | 807 | |
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 | 1210 | |
| Conservative | 897 | |
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 | |
| Liberal | 471 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1384 | |
| 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 | -2 | |
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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1427 | |
| 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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jan, 1860 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 661 | |
| Conservative | 551 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 21st Nov, 1860 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 586 | |
| Conservative | 435 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Oct, 1863 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1441 | |
| 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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3247 | |
| 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 | 3585 | |
| Conservative | 3283 | |
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 | |
| Conservative | 1565 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4799 | |
| 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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 3518 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Conservative | 3906 | |
| Left | 270 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4592 | |
| 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 | |
| Conservative | 4540 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5407 | |
| 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 | 10321 | |
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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5094 | |
| 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 | |
| Liberal | 4013 | |
| Left | 1063 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15204 | |
| Labour | 8410 | |
| Liberal | 3143 | |
| Other | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Labour | 19277 | |
| Other | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Right | 24075 | |
| Liberal | 7834 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Reading Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/unit/12743646/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 10th April 2026