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| Election of 10th Dec 1832 to 8th Jan, 1833 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 3372 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 3273 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 2054 | |
| Liberal (3) | 1926 | |
| Liberal (4) | 118 | |
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 | 2165 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 2092 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1385 | |
| Liberal (3) | 789 | |
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) | 2726 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 1821 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1562 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 1655 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1629 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 1270 | |
| Conservative (2) | 1255 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 1404 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1378 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1361 | |
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 | 1335 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 1253 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1127 | |
| Liberal (3) | 692 | |
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 |
| Liberal (1) | 1503 | Elected |
| Conservative | 1433 | Elected |
| Liberal (2) | 1094 | |
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) | 1542 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1208 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 1168 | |
More information about the 1859 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Apr, 1862 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 1527 | Elected |
| Liberal | 1014 | Elected |
This was a by-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 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 5803 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 5700 | Elected |
| Liberal (1) | 4741 | |
| Liberal (2) | 4663 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 16th Sep, 1872 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 4542 | Elected |
| Liberal | 3824 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 6512 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 5211 | Elected |
| Liberal/Labour Alliance | 3756 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Apr, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 6239 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 5641 | Elected |
| Liberal | 5355 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd May, 1881 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6004 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4340 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Feb, 1882 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6045 | Elected |
| Liberal/Labour Alliance | 4212 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 25th Nov, 1882 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 6351 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 4167 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 8459 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 7971 | Elected |
| Liberal | 5491 | |
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) | 7497 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 7296 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4982 | |
| Liberal-Labour | 4771 | |
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 |
| Conservative (1) | 8070 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 7764 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6182 | |
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) | 8928 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 7622 | Elected |
| Independent Labour Party | 4781 | |
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) | 8944 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 8067 | Elected |
| Labour | 4834 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Dec, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th May, 1903 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 8639 | Elected |
| Labour | 6490 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 10181 | Elected |
| Liberal | 8538 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 7303 | |
| Conservative (2) | 6856 | |
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) | 9526 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 9160 | Elected |
| Labour | 7539 | |
| Liberal | 6281 | |
| Free Trader | 2704 | |
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) | 9184 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 8993 | Elected |
| Liberal | 8193 | |
| Labour | 7855 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1915 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19213 | Elected |
| Coalition Conservative (1) | 18970 | Elected |
| Liberal | 18485 | |
| Coalition Conservative (2) | 17928 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26259 | Elected |
| Liberal | 24798 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 22574 | |
| Conservative (2) | 20410 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25816 | Elected |
| Liberal | 25155 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23962 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27009 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 25887 | Elected |
| Liberal | 25327 | |
| Conservative (2) | 24557 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 37705 | Elected |
| Liberal | 31277 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 29116 | |
| Conservative (2) | 27754 | |
| Independent Labour | 2111 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Jul, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (National Labour) | 35608 | Elected |
| Conservative | 29168 | Elected |
| Independent Labour | 410 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 46276 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 45843 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 25710 | |
| Labour (2) | 24660 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative (1) | 37219 | Elected |
| Conservative (2) | 36797 | Elected |
| Labour (1) | 32225 | |
| Labour (2) | 31827 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Nov, 1936 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 32575 | Elected |
| Labour | 30970 | Elected |
| Independent | 3221 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 25th Sep, 1940 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour (1) | 33053 | Elected |
| Labour (2) | 32889 | Elected |
| Conservative (1) | 29129 | |
| Conservative (2) | 27885 | |
| Liberal | 8251 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 5168 | |
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, Preston Constituency (PBCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12755132/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 01st June 2026