Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918	19,547
15 Nov 1922	23,568
06 Dec 1923	23,707
29 Oct 1924	27,174
30 May 1929	35,080
27 Oct 1931	37,126
14 Nov 1935	34,257
05 Jul 1945	27,003
23 Feb 1950	48,237
25 Oct 1951	50,472
26 May 1955	36,602
08 Oct 1959	39,673
15 Oct 1964	34,962
31 Mar 1966	32,156
18 Jun 1970	31,606
28 Feb 1974	46,511
10 Oct 1974	43,158
03 May 1979	44,083
09 Jun 1983	51,493
11 Jun 1987	52,293
24 May 1990	35,477
18 Oct 1990	28,145
09 Apr 1992	50,225
01 May 1997	38,223
07 Jun 2001	27,594
05 May 2005	25,622
06 May 2010	41,277
07 May 2015	45,152

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
1990 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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