Total Votes Cast

Year	Total Votes Cast
05 Jul 1945	49,230
23 Feb 1950	46,285
25 Oct 1951	41,921
26 May 1955	37,321
08 Oct 1959	39,104
15 Oct 1964	40,755
31 Mar 1966	39,730
18 Jun 1970	40,270
28 Feb 1974	44,091
10 Oct 1974	40,482
03 May 1979	42,257
09 Jun 1983	39,246
11 Jun 1987	42,285
09 Apr 1992	43,939
01 May 1997	51,340
07 Jun 2001	38,792
05 May 2005	38,342
06 May 2010	35,192
07 May 2015	32,436

Date:	Source:
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 - 2015	House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010	The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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