Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
07 Dec 1868 7,072 Show data context
17 Feb 1874 8,803 Show data context
27 Apr 1880 9,960 Show data context
18 Dec 1885 11,439 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 11,439 Show data context
16 Nov 1888 11,767 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 11,768 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 12,167 Show data context
24 Oct 1900 13,296 Show data context
28 Jan 1902 13,476 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 13,951 Show data context
23 Apr 1908 14,056 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 14,389 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 14,389 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 27,592 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 28,145 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 28,431 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 28,677 Show data context
30 May 1929 36,250 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 36,286 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 36,875 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 36,217 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 62,259 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 62,680 Show data context
26 May 1955 55,257 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 54,894 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 55,341 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 55,180 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 60,544 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 60,991 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 61,508 Show data context
03 May 1979 63,379 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 69,734 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 70,836 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 72,833 Show data context
01 May 1997 61,523 Show data context
05 May 2005 62,245 Show data context
06 May 2010 78,910 Show data context
07 May 2015 79,770 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 81,343 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 81,253 Show data context
Date: Source:
1868 - 1880 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1885 - 1910 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1918 - 1945 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1950 - 1970 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1974 - 1992 Kimber, Political Science Resources
1997 Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 - 2019 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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Date accessed: 02nd June 2024