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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 697 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 525 | Elected |
| Liberal (3) | 404 | |
| Conservative | 392 | |
More information about the 1833 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Apr, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 574 | Elected |
| Liberal | 556 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 844 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 709 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 389 | |
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 | 688 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 628 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 591 | |
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 |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 17th Sep, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 706 | Elected |
| Conservative | 462 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Aug, 1845 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 627 | Elected |
| Liberal | 498 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 879 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 642 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 568 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 22nd Dec, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 705 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 576 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 868 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 814 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 654 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Jan, 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 956 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 646 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1123 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1081 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 863 | |
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 (1) | 1527 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1292 | Elected |
| Conservative | 790 | |
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) | 1826 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1355 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1307 | |
More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1866 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 1430 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1294 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 6237 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 4901 | Elected |
| Liberal (3) | 3596 | |
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) | 6172 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 5920 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3781 | |
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) | 7639 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 6995 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4262 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Apr, 1881 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal (1) | 8295 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 7759 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6703 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 6971 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 6840 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 6027 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 9711 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 9554 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 8394 | |
| Conservative | 8002 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 9833 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 8232 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 8185 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 9617 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 9566 | Elected |
| Liberal | 9370 | |
| Labour | 8842 | |
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 | 13620 | Elected |
| Labour | 13430 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 7879 | |
| Conservative (2) | 7244 | |
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 |
| Independent Conservative | 12334 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12270 | Elected |
| Liberal | 11529 | |
| Labour | 11058 | |
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 | 11997 | Elected |
| Labour | 11291 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 10300 | |
| Conservative (2) | 10132 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Liberal | 27646 | Elected |
| Conservative | 25698 | Elected |
| Labour | 6903 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 28001 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 24591 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 19058 | |
| Labour (1) | 13683 | |
| Labour (2) | 13490 | |
| Liberal | 13036 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 23497 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 23379 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 22438 | |
| Liberal (2) | 22034 | |
| Labour (1) | 13707 | |
| Labour (2) | 13184 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 28612 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 28608 | Elected |
| Labour | 21823 | |
| Liberal (1) | 20139 | |
| Liberal (2) | 13731 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (1) | 31794 | Elected |
| Labour (2) | 31085 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 29180 | |
| Conservative (2) | 28937 | |
| Liberal (1) | 21300 | |
| Liberal (2) | 21142 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th Mar, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 30497 | Elected |
| Labour | 30075 | Elected |
| Liberal | 15020 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 53386 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 52589 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 29707 | |
| Labour (2) | 29680 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 49001 | Elected |
| Conservative | 48760 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 32483 | |
| Labour (2) | 32059 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (1) | 38769 | Elected |
| Labour (2) | 36711 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 29366 | |
| Conservative | 28579 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 4501 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12753652/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026