Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 -1 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 23,230 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 19,320 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 25,837 Show data context
30 May 1929 29,788 Show data context
01 Aug 1929 12,316 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 33,954 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 29,744 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 28,347 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 41,490 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 41,206 Show data context
07 Feb 1952 27,189 Show data context
26 May 1955 38,856 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 33,941 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 24,636 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 20,376 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 17,446 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 33,586 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 28,050 Show data context
03 May 1979 28,258 Show data context
Date: Source:
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 - 1979 Kimber, Political Science Resources

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Total number of votes cast. In multi-member constituencies this will be different from the total number of people voting.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leeds South East BCon/PBDivCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 15th May 2024