Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 33,419 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 33,148 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 34,837 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 35,305 Show data context
30 May 1929 45,008 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 47,040 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 48,031 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 38,720 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 58,723 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 62,151 Show data context
26 May 1955 48,381 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 50,647 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 49,284 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 47,130 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 48,467 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 63,439 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 64,236 Show data context
03 May 1979 62,578 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 75,354 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 71,765 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 69,308 Show data context
01 May 1997 57,284 Show data context
05 May 2005 53,378 Show data context
06 May 2010 71,422 Show data context
07 May 2015 70,145 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 72,872 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 74,832 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 - 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: 22nd May 2024