Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
07 Dec 1868 6,417 Show data context
17 Feb 1874 6,607 Show data context
14 Feb 1876 7,127 Show data context
27 Apr 1880 7,614 Show data context
18 Dec 1885 9,638 Show data context
27 Jul 1886 9,638 Show data context
19 Feb 1887 10,020 Show data context
26 Jul 1892 12,619 Show data context
06 Feb 1893 12,826 Show data context
07 Aug 1895 13,360 Show data context
24 Oct 1900 14,393 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 15,983 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 16,992 Show data context
19 Dec 1910 16,992 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 50,870 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 50,111 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 51,086 Show data context
28 Feb 1924 51,086 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 51,162 Show data context
30 May 1929 67,781 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 68,106 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 66,330 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 62,849 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 61,568 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 62,364 Show data context
26 May 1955 60,023 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 57,990 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 54,411 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 52,948 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 56,036 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 52,483 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 52,930 Show data context
03 May 1979 51,050 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 66,542 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 65,956 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 69,128 Show data context
01 May 1997 67,582 Show data context
05 May 2005 65,458 Show data context
06 May 2010 66,615 Show data context
07 May 2015 64,477 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 64,709 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 64,345 Show data context
Date: Source:
1868 - 1880 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1977) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1885 - 1910 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 Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia
2005 - 2019 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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Number of persons entitled and registered to vote.


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Date accessed: 18th May 2024