Oldham Constituency (PBCon) : Political Parties

Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 677 Elected
Liberal (2) 645 Elected
Liberal (3) 150
Conservative 101
Liberal (4) 3

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) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jul, 1835
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 394 Elected
Liberal (1) 381 Elected
Liberal (2) 34

This was a by-election.



Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 545 Elected
Liberal (2) 541 Elected
Conservative (1) 315
Conservative (2) 279

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) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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) 726 Elected
Conservative 696 Elected
Liberal (2) 624
Liberal (3) 612

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) 957 Elected
Conservative 868 Elected
Liberal (2) 777

More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 3rd Dec, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 895 Elected
Conservative 783 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 949 Elected
Liberal (2) 934 Elected
Liberal (3) 898

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 19th Oct, 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) 1039 Elected
Liberal (2) 966 Elected
Liberal (3) 955

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th May, 1862
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) 1104 Elected
Liberal (2) 1075 Elected
Liberal (3) 899
Conservative 846

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) 6140 Elected
Liberal (2) 6122 Elected
Conservative (1) 6116
Conservative (2) 6084

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th Jun, 1872
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 7278 Elected
Liberal 6984 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative (1) 8582 Elected
Conservative (2) 8541 Elected
Liberal (1) 8397
Liberal (2) 8360

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 1st Mar, 1877
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 9542 Elected
Conservative 8831 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 10630 Elected
Liberal (2) 10409 Elected
Conservative (1) 8982
Conservative (2) 8593

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
Liberal (1) 12259 Elected
Conservative (1) 11992 Elected
Liberal (2) 11847
Conservative (2) 11491

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) 11606 Elected
Conservative (2) 11484 Elected
Liberal (1) 10921
Liberal (2) 10891

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 (1) 12619 Elected
Liberal (2) 12541 Elected
Conservative (1) 12205
Conservative (2) 11952

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) 13085 Elected
Conservative (2) 12465 Elected
Liberal (1) 12249
Liberal (2) 12092

More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th Jul, 1899
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 12976 Elected
Liberal (2) 12770 Elected
Conservative (1) 11477
Conservative (2) 11449

This was a by-election.



Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 12947 Elected
Conservative (Liberal) 12931 Elected
Liberal (2) 12709
Conservative 12522

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) 17397 Elected
Liberal (2) 16672 Elected
Conservative (1) 11989
Conservative (2) 11391

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) 19252 Elected
Liberal (2) 18840 Elected
Conservative (1) 13462
Conservative (2) 12577

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) 17108 Elected
Liberal (2) 16941 Elected
Conservative (1) 13440
Conservative (2) 13281

More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 13th Nov, 1911
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 12255 Elected
Liberal 10623 Elected
Labour 7448

This was a by-election.



Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Coalition Conservative 26568 Elected
Coalition Liberal (Liberal) 26254 Elected
Labour 15178
Liberal 9323

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 24762 Elected
Labour 24434 Elected
Conservative 23200
Liberal (1) 9812
Liberal (2) 6186

More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20939 Elected
Liberal (1) 20681 Elected
Liberal (2) 17990
Conservative (1) 15819
Conservative (2) 13894

More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 37419 Elected
Liberal 36761 Elected
Labour (1) 23623
Labour (2) 22081

More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 24th Jun, 1925
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 26325 Elected
Labour 21702 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour (1) 34223 Elected
Labour (2) 32727 Elected
Conservative 29424
Liberal (1) 20810
Liberal (2) 13528

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) 50693 Elected
Conservative (2) 50395 Elected
Labour (1) 28629
Labour (2) 26361

More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 36738 Elected
National Liberal 34755 Elected
Labour (1) 34316
Labour (2) 29647
Liberal 8534

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) 31704 Elected
Labour (2) 31327 Elected
Conservative 26911
National Liberal 24199
Liberal (1) 10365
Liberal (2) 8264

More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The election result data we hold includes over three hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in ...


your party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even including Isle of Wight nationalists.

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026