Persons Voting or Not Voting

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Year Voting
18 Dec 1885 10,510 Show data context
23 May 1900 11,740 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 27,729 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 33,478 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 35,058 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 36,842 Show data context
30 May 1929 45,577 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 42,298 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 42,066 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 47,397 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 54,741 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 54,001 Show data context
26 May 1955 49,800 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 49,535 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 51,219 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 53,158 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 57,987 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 852 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 66,141 Show data context
03 May 1979 74,588 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 75,381 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 78,955 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 79,871 Show data context
01 May 1997 73,210 Show data context
05 May 2005 66,797 Show data context
06 May 2010 70,350 Show data context
07 May 2015 70,723 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 74,158 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 74,594 Show data context
Date: Source:
1885 - 1900 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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 - 2019 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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nCube definition


This nCube divides an electorate into voters and non-voters, in a given election.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight PCon/CCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Persons Voting or Not Voting, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 17th May 2024