Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
14 Dec 1918 -1 Show data context
13 Sep 1921 24,218 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 24,685 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 24,457 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 33,260 Show data context
30 May 1929 42,378 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 44,245 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 41,976 Show data context
24 Nov 1938 39,526 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 37,500 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 48,000 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 48,262 Show data context
26 May 1955 43,807 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 43,420 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 40,571 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 40,002 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 38,592 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 48,808 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 43,741 Show data context
03 May 1979 45,065 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 44,342 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 45,465 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 43,367 Show data context
01 May 1997 37,564 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 30,815 Show data context
05 May 2005 31,923 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 - 2005 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,

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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, Lewisham West PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th May 2024