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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4740 | |
| Conservative | 1676 | |
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 | -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 |
| Liberal | 4420 | |
| Conservative | 2323 | |
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 | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
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 | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
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 |
| Conservative | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Apr, 1854 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
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 |
| Conservative | -1 | |
| Liberal | -1 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Jun, 1864 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5577 | |
| Conservative | 2210 | |
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 | 7833 | |
| Conservative | 4649 | |
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 | 8691 | |
| Conservative | 7512 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 22nd Jun, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 8360 | |
| Conservative | 4254 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 12134 | |
| Conservative | 5092 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Sep, 1881 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5548 | |
| Liberal | 4896 | |
This was a by-election.
The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Co Durham Northern 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/12753007/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 03rd June 2026