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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -2 | |
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 | 987 | |
| Conservative | 498 | |
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 | 526 | |
| Conservative | 507 | |
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 | 897 | |
| Liberal | 253 | |
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 | 711 | |
| Liberal | 415 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Feb, 1851 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 427 | |
| Conservative | 115 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 746 | |
| Liberal | 338 | |
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 | 1132 | |
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 | 793 | |
| Conservative | 306 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Jan, 1860 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 320 | |
| Conservative | 257 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 3rd Aug, 1863 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 20th Apr, 1864 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 647 | |
| Conservative | 330 | |
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 | 1593 | |
| Conservative | 900 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 21st Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Aug, 1872 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 658 | |
| Conservative | 578 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1570 | |
| Liberal | 934 | |
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 | 2183 | |
| Conservative | 1531 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th May, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1111 | |
| Liberal | 1075 | |
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 | 1156 | |
| Liberal | 947 | |
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 | 1132 | |
| Liberal | 1092 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Feb, 1893 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1228 | |
| Conservative | 1165 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 26th Jun, 1893 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1191 | |
| Conservative | 1159 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1245 | |
| Conservative | 1188 | |
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 | 1385 | |
| Conservative | 1269 | |
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 | 1837 | |
| Conservative | 1030 | |
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 | 1924 | |
| Conservative | 1515 | |
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 | 1679 | |
| Conservative | 1627 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Pontefract Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12749820/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 01st June 2026