Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
13 Sep 1921 40,919 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 42,455 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 42,940 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 44,078 Show data context
30 May 1929 61,191 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 63,946 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 65,679 Show data context
24 Nov 1938 67,641 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 50,918 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 56,007 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 56,214 Show data context
26 May 1955 55,056 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 54,069 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 54,227 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 52,858 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 56,625 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 61,866 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 62,435 Show data context
03 May 1979 59,292 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 63,043 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 62,923 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 59,372 Show data context
01 May 1997 58,659 Show data context
05 May 2005 57,967 Show data context
Date: Source:
1921 - 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 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewisham West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th May 2024