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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1835 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 21st Mar, 1835 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Jul 1837 to 18th Aug, 1837 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -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) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1841 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Sep, 1841 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Jul 1847 to 26th Aug, 1847 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 1486 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 1189 | Elected |
| Conservative (3) | 1147 | |
| Liberal | 860 | |
More information about the 1847 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Oct, 1850 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 7th Jul 1852 to 31st Jul, 1852 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1852 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Feb, 1856 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 886 | Elected |
| Liberal | 419 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Mar 1857 to 24th Apr, 1857 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1857 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Mar, 1858 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 28th Apr 1859 to 18th May, 1859 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1865 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jul, 1866 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 22nd Jul, 1867 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Feb, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 1931 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 1400 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Nov, 1882 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 3491 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1301 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Aug, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 17th Nov, 1887 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 9th Oct, 1891 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 (2) | 3976 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 3050 | Elected |
| Free Trader | 1653 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
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 (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Feb 1911 to 16th Feb, 1911 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 2308 | Elected |
| Free Trader | 1954 | Elected |
| Independent Conservative | 332 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Conservative (2) | 1986 | Elected |
| Coalition Conservative (1) | 1929 | Elected |
| Independent | 1229 | Elected |
| Labour | 641 | |
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) | 4192 | Elected |
| Independent Liberal | 3453 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 1018 | Elected |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (2) | 3560 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 3434 | Elected |
| Independent Liberal | 3283 | Elected |
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) | 4569 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 4026 | Elected |
| Independent Liberal | 3241 | Elected |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Feb, 1926 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (2) | 6046 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 5330 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3131 | Elected |
| Labour | 1480 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | -1 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | -1 | Elected |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 7602 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 6917 | Elected |
| Labour | 3453 | Elected |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 19th Feb 1940 to 23rd Feb, 1940 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Independent Conservative | 9840 | Elected |
| Independent Progressive | 5387 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 7364 | Elected |
| Independent (1) | 6556 | Elected |
| Independent Progressive | 5745 | Elected |
| Independent (2) | 0 | |
| National Independent | 0 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Here we present how the economic foundations of each locality have changed over time, identifying the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but also breaking down Services into those which, broadly, sell directly to consumers; those which deal mainly with other buinesses, including financial services; and public services, including education and health.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cambridge University Constituency (UniCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754231/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 09th April 2026