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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
Comparing the total population of an area for consecutive Censuses.
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: 30th July 2026