Kent Eastern Constituency (PDivCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 6107
Conservative 3344

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 -2

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 6636
Liberal 2205

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 -2

More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 20th Sep, 1841
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.



Election of 3rd Mar, 1845
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.



Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -2

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 16th Feb, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 2480
Liberal 2289

This was a by-election.



Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 5235
Liberal 3063

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
Conservative 4595
Liberal 2485

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 10th Dec, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.



Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -2

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th Jan, 1863
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 2777
Conservative 2690

This was a by-election.



Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 6127
Liberal 3195

More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 2nd May, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 3606
Liberal 3109

This was a by-election.



Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 10335
Liberal 9264

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 10829
Liberal 4308

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 27th Jan, 1875
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.



Election of 26th Jul, 1876
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative -1

This was a by-election.



Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 11014
Liberal 4959

More information about the 1880 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, Kent Eastern Constituency (PDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744183/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026