Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
14 Dec 1918 43,444 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 37,696 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 37,921 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 38,300 Show data context
30 May 1929 47,423 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 47,862 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 47,540 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 41,493 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 66,711 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 66,894 Show data context
26 May 1955 71,367 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 74,078 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 73,591 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 73,398 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 80,223 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 60,550 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 61,007 Show data context
03 May 1979 68,516 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 59,890 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 64,120 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 67,430 Show data context
01 May 1997 70,666 Show data context
05 May 2005 67,202 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 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, Plymouth Sutton PBDivCon/BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Electorate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 17th May 2024