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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 376 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 346 | Elected |
| Liberal (3) | 334 | |
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) | 432 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 316 | Elected |
| Liberal (3) | 303 | |
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) | 515 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 416 | Elected |
| Liberal (3) | 9 | |
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) | 441 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 427 | Elected |
| Liberal | 426 | |
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 |
| Conservative | 641 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 602 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 392 | |
| Chartists | 68 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 846 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 580 | Elected |
| Conservative | 509 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Mar, 1853 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 631 | Elected |
| Conservative | 574 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
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 | 832 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 750 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 567 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 1053 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 938 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 744 | |
| Liberal (2) | 577 | |
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 (1) | 4907 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 4826 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 4399 | |
| Liberal (2) | 4164 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th Mar, 1869 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 4738 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 4697 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 3964 | |
| Liberal (2) | 3804 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 5532 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 5338 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 5323 | |
| Liberal (2) | 4851 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Oct, 1875 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5792 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4832 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 6349 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 6207 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 6088 | |
| Liberal (2) | 5760 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 9168 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 8425 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 6740 | |
| Liberal (2) | 5341 | |
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 | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 9265 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 9046 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 7272 | |
| Liberal (2) | 6694 | |
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 (1) | 9553 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 9150 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6840 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 11247 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 9415 | Elected |
| Labour | 7096 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 10291 | Elected |
| Labour | 10282 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 8932 | |
| Liberal | 8892 | |
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 | 12064 | Elected |
| Labour | 11916 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 9307 | |
| Conservative (2) | 9112 | |
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 |
| Labour | 10762 | Elected |
| Liberal | 10754 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 9814 | |
| Conservative (2) | 9500 | |
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 | 32076 | Elected |
| Coalition Conservative | 30158 | Elected |
| Labour | 15274 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 28280 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 27071 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 24049 | |
| Labour (2) | 23402 | |
| Liberal | 8141 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 31117 | Elected |
| Conservative | 28505 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 25428 | |
| Labour (2) | 21903 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 31612 | Elected |
| Conservative | 31347 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 24330 | |
| Labour (2) | 24317 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (1) | 37256 | Elected |
| Labour (2) | 35723 | Elected |
| Conservative | 35249 | |
| Liberal | 34504 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 50105 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 49953 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 25643 | |
| Labour (2) | 25030 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 37932 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 37769 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 34571 | |
| Labour (2) | 34423 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (1) | 35182 | Elected |
| Labour (2) | 35145 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 26325 | |
| Conservative (2) | 25807 | |
| Liberal (1) | 6587 | |
| Liberal (2) | 6096 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Occupations of both sexes classified into Socio-Economic Groups. This structure was used by the censuses between 1961 and 1991.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Blackburn Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744134/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 01st June 2026