Whitby Constituency (PBCon) : Political Parties

Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 217 Elected
Liberal 139

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
Conservative -1 Elected

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
Conservative -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
Conservative -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
Conservative -1 Elected

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 218 Elected
Liberal 109

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
Conservative -1 Elected

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 Elected

More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 23rd Nov, 1859
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 229 Elected
Conservative 190

This was a by-election.



Election of 11th Jul 1865 to 24th Jul, 1865
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 305 Elected
Liberal 282

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 894 Elected
Conservative 518

More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Nov, 1869
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 779 Elected
Conservative 596

This was a by-election.



Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 873 Elected
Conservative 754

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 1072 Elected
Conservative 699

More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753287/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026