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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1321 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 1275 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1191 | |
| Conservative (2) | 958 | |
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) | 1119 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1111 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 951 | |
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) | 1095 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1033 | Elected |
| Conservative | 925 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 990 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 970 | Elected |
| Conservative | 897 | |
| Chartists | 176 | |
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) | 897 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 841 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 652 | |
| Conservative (2) | 607 | |
| Chartists | 141 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Feb, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 823 | Elected |
| Conservative | 480 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 855 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 825 | Elected |
| Conservative | 745 | |
| Chartists | 106 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Mar, 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1079 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1011 | Elected |
| Conservative | 815 | |
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 (1) | 1151 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1143 | Elected |
| Conservative | 832 | |
| Liberal (3) | 27 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1269 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1250 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 1029 | |
| Conservative (2) | 950 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 2691 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 2154 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 1634 | |
| Conservative (2) | 1396 | |
| Liberal (3) | 1086 | |
| Liberal (4) | 492 | |
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) | 2690 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 2310 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 2175 | |
| Liberal (2) | 1796 | |
| Liberal (3) | 1653 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Oct, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2171 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 1836 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1766 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 4158 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 3827 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 3152 | |
| Conservative (2) | 2826 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Apr, 1881 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3437 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3305 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Mar, 1882 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3796 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3688 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 21st Feb, 1884 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4032 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3664 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 4845 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 4315 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3890 | |
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 (1) | 4570 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 4353 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 3850 | |
| Conservative | 3456 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Feb, 1891 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5436 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3723 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 5439 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 5164 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 3651 | |
| Conservative (2) | 3235 | |
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 | 4884 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 3820 | Elected |
| Liberal-Labour | 3703 | |
| Conservative (2) | 3394 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | 1216 | |
| Independent Liberal | 1131 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 5437 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 5281 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 4480 | |
| Conservative (2) | 4124 | |
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) | 4479 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 4244 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 4078 | |
| Conservative (2) | 4000 | |
| Social Democratic Federation (1) | 2544 | |
| Social Democratic Federation (2) | 2366 | |
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 (1) | 5398 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 5289 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 4569 | |
| Conservative (2) | 4464 | |
| Social Democratic Party (1) | 1792 | |
| Social Democratic Party (2) | 1617 | |
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 (1) | 6179 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 6025 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 4885 | |
| Conservative (2) | 4550 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Liberal | 18010 | Elected |
| Labour | 10735 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 19974 | Elected |
| Labour | 14498 | |
| Liberal | 3753 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15556 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11520 | |
| Liberal | 11342 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16017 | Elected |
| Labour | 15046 | |
| Liberal | 9436 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jan, 1928 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15173 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14616 | |
| Liberal | 9584 | |
| Independent Conservative | 1093 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22356 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20177 | |
| Liberal | 11054 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 34817 | Elected |
| Labour | 19898 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 25438 | Elected |
| Labour | 23983 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1940 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16587 | Elected |
| Christian Pacifist | 1167 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27681 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20684 | |
| Independent Labour | 749 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31946 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24664 | |
| Liberal | 8619 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 35038 | Elected |
| Conservative | 30244 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 32119 | Elected |
| Conservative | 28771 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27823 | Elected |
| Conservative | 25106 | |
| Liberal | 7170 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28568 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24128 | |
| Liberal | 5557 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (Independent Labour) (Labour) | 31541 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24052 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27424 | Elected |
| Conservative | 26183 | |
More information about the 1970 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, Northampton Constituency (BCon/PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12743750/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 29th July 2026