Tavistock Constituency (PBCon) : Political Parties

Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 159 Elected
Liberal (2) 129 Elected
Liberal (3) 64

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) 167 Elected
Liberal (2) 145 Elected
Liberal (3) 5

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) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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 16th Mar, 1843
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 113 Elected
Chartists 69 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 153 Elected
Liberal (2) 150 Elected
Liberal (3) 86
Liberal (4) 56

More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Apr, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 115 Elected
Liberal (2) 89 Elected
Liberal (3) 80

This was a by-election.



Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 220 Elected
Liberal (2) 169 Elected
Liberal (3) 104

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 (1) 242 Elected
Liberal (2) 198 Elected
Liberal (3) 130

More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 4th Sep, 1857
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) 164 Elected
Liberal (2) 120 Elected

This was a by-election.



Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal (1) -1 Elected
Liberal (2) -1 Elected

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
Liberal (1) 330 Elected
Liberal (2) 179 Elected
Liberal (3) 119
Conservative 93
Liberal (4) 8

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 Elected

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 (1) 362 Elected
Liberal (2) 273

More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal -1 Elected

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Tavistock Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12744547/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 28th July 2026