Support for the Liberal Party in Wales stayed healthy until the Labour Party started to organise itself. The Conservative Party’s support stayed reasonably static in terms of the social class it attracted for support. However, in Wales the Liberal Party could not rely on the support of the working class after the Labour Party had taken root.

 

1832: 6,348 votes; 18 MP’s elected

 

1835: 5,119 votes; 15 MP’s elected

 

1837: 10,144 votes; 13 MP’s elected

 

1841: 3,605 votes; 11 MP’s elected

 

1847: 1,394 votes; 12 MP’s elected

 

1852: 5,251 votes; 12 MP’s elected

 

1857: 7,892 votes; 15 MP’s elected

 

1859: 1,585 votes; 15 MP’s elected

 

1865: 4,565 votes; 18 MP’s elected

 

1868: 52,256 votes; 23 MP’s elected

 

1874: 57,768 votes; 19 MP’s elected

 

1880: 59,403 votes; 29 MP’s elected

 

1885: 119,231 votes; 29 MP’s elected

 

1886: 70,289 votes; 26 MP’s elected

 

1892: 141,465 votes; 31 MP’s elected

 

1895: 144,216 votes; 25 MP’s elected

 

1900: 105,837 votes; 27 MP’s elected

 

1906: 128,461 votes; 32 MP’s elected

 

1910 (Jan): 195,288 votes; 27 MP’s elected

 

1910 (Dec): 117,533 votes; 26 MP’s elected

 

1918: 207,377 votes; 17 MP’s elected *

 

1922: 74,996 votes; 2 MP’s elected

 

1923: 299,314 votes; 11 MP’s elected

 

1924: 244,828 votes; 10 MP’s elected

 

1929: 440,911 votes; 9 MP’s elected

 

1931: 157,472 votes; 4 MP’s elected**

 

1935: 157,091 votes; 6 MP’s elected

 

1945: 198,553 votes; 6 MP’s elected

 

1950: 193,090 votes; 5 MP’s elected

 

1951: 116,821 votes; 3 MP’s elected

 

1955: 104,095 votes; 3 MP’s elected

 

1959: 78,951 votes; 2 MP’s elected

 

1964: 106,114 votes; 2 MP’s elected

 

1966: 89,108 votes; 1 MP elected

 

1970: 103,747 votes; 1 MP elected

 

1974 (Feb): 255,423 votes; 2 MP’s elected

 

1974 (Oct): 239,057 votes; 2 MP’s elected

 

1979: 173,525 votes; 1 MP elected

 

* = Excludes non-Coupon Liberals (51,382 / 3 MP’s)

 

** = Excludes National Liberals (75,717 / 4 MP’s and Independent Liberals (71,539 / 4 MP’s)

 

Elections 1832 to 1979

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