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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1626 | |
| 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 | |
| Liberal | 556 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 6th Jan 1835 to 6th Feb, 1835 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1098 | |
| Conservative | 844 | |
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 | 1219 | |
| Conservative | 688 | |
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 17th Sep, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 706 | |
| Conservative | 462 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 15th Aug, 1845 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 627 | |
| Liberal | 498 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1210 | |
| Conservative | 879 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 22nd Dec, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1281 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1468 | |
| Conservative | 868 | |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 2nd Jan, 1855 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1602 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 1986 | |
| Conservative | 1081 | |
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 | 2819 | |
| 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 | 3133 | |
| Conservative | 1355 | |
More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1866 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2724 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 14734 | |
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 | 12092 | |
| 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 | 14634 | |
| 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 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 16054 | |
| 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 | 19838 | |
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 | 27659 | |
| 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 |
| Liberal | 16417 | |
| Conservative | 9833 | |
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 | 19183 | |
| 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 |
| Conservative | 15123 | |
| Liberal | 13620 | |
| Labour | 13430 | |
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 |
| Right | 12334 | |
| Conservative | 12270 | |
| 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 |
| Conservative | 20432 | |
| Liberal | 11997 | |
| Labour | 11291 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 27646 | |
| Conservative | 25698 | |
| 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 | 52592 | |
| Labour | 27173 | |
| Right | 19058 | |
| 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 | 46876 | |
| Liberal | 44472 | |
| Labour | 26891 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 57220 | |
| Liberal | 33870 | |
| Labour | 21823 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 62879 | |
| Conservative | 58117 | |
| Liberal | 42442 | |
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 | |
| Labour | 30075 | |
| Liberal | 15020 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 105975 | |
| Labour | 59387 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 64542 | |
| Right | 49001 | |
| Conservative | 48760 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 75480 | |
| Right | 29366 | |
| Conservative | 28579 | |
| Left | 4501 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland 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/12753652/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP
Date accessed: 28th July 2026