Total Electorate

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Year Total Electorate
18 Dec 1885 8,693 Show data context
08 Feb 1906 13,230 Show data context
10 Feb 1910 13,383 Show data context
14 Dec 1918 37,013 Show data context
15 Nov 1922 37,281 Show data context
06 Dec 1923 37,779 Show data context
29 Oct 1924 37,874 Show data context
30 May 1929 52,366 Show data context
27 Oct 1931 53,955 Show data context
14 Nov 1935 55,474 Show data context
05 Jul 1945 58,199 Show data context
23 Feb 1950 59,571 Show data context
25 Oct 1951 60,278 Show data context
02 Jul 1953 59,326 Show data context
26 May 1955 58,469 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 55,719 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 50,966 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 51,654 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 58,832 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 69,631 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 70,078 Show data context
03 May 1979 68,645 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 55,063 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 54,416 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 53,058 Show data context
01 May 1997 70,204 Show data context
05 May 2005 64,859 Show data context
06 May 2010 68,573 Show data context
07 May 2015 65,591 Show data context
08 Jun 2017 68,091 Show data context
12 Dec 2019 68,828 Show data context
Date: Source:
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: 10th May 2024